⁸ The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.^(A)
He stretched out a measuring line^(B)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts^(C) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.^(D)

⁹ Her gates^(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars^(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled^(C) among the nations,
    the law^(D) is no more,
and her prophets^(E) no longer find
    visions^(F) from the Lord.

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(A)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(B)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(C)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(D)