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Poetic visual interpretation: Gate timbers and broken bars half buried in debris, close low view, no captives or named king.
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Lamentations 2:9

Gates Sunk into Earth

Devastation and the Cry in the Night · Lamentations 2

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 2:9. Gate timbers and broken bars half buried in debris, close low view, no captives or named king. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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9Her gates have sunk 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 have found no vision from Yahweh.

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