Lam 2:8 | ESV | STEP | The Lord determined to lay in ruins the wall of the daughter of Zion; he stretched out the measuring line;he did not restrain his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament; they languished together.

‏ Lamentations 2:8

8 ^aThe Lord determined to lay in ruins
^bthe wall of the daughter of Zion;
^che stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^dhe caused rampart and wall to lament;
^ethey languished together.

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