Translations
Yahweh planned the destruction of the Daughter of Zion's wall; He stretched out His measuring line and would not pull back His consuming hand; He made both outer rampart and inner wall mourn — together they wasted away.
YHWH purposed to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Tziyon; He stretched out the measuring line; He did not withdraw His hand from consuming; He made rampart and wall to mourn; together they languished.
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

