Nehemiah 1:3 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 3 They replied: “Those remaining there in the province* who have survived the captivity are in a terrible situation and in disgrace.+ The walls of Jerusalem are broken down,+ and its gates have been burned with fire.”+ Lamentations 1:4 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 4 The roads to Zion are mourning, because no one is coming to the festival.+ All her gates are desolate;+ her priests are sighing. Her virgins* are grieving, and she is in bitter anguish. Lamentations 2:9 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 9 Her gates have sunk down into the earth.+ He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations.+ There is no law;* even her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.+
3 They replied: “Those remaining there in the province* who have survived the captivity are in a terrible situation and in disgrace.+ The walls of Jerusalem are broken down,+ and its gates have been burned with fire.”+
4 The roads to Zion are mourning, because no one is coming to the festival.+ All her gates are desolate;+ her priests are sighing. Her virgins* are grieving, and she is in bitter anguish.
9 Her gates have sunk down into the earth.+ He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations.+ There is no law;* even her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.+