Lamentations 2:9 meaning and explanation
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
Lamentations 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the poet of Lamentations, voicing Jerusalem's grief after Babylon destroyed the city and temple in 586 BC. The gates, where elders judged and business was done, have collapsed into the ground, and their bars, the city's security, are shattered.
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