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Lamentations 5:12-19 Modern English Version (MEV)

12. Princes were hung up by their hands,the faces of elders were not honored.

13. Young men ground at the millstones;boys staggered under loads of wood.

14. The elders have left the city gate,the young men stopped their music.

15. The joy of our hearts has ceased;our dancing has turned into mourning.

16. The crown has fallen from our head;woe to us, for we have sinned!

17. For this our heart is faint;for these things our eyes grow dim;

18. because of Mount Zion, which is desolate,with foxes walking upon it.

19. You, O Lord, remain forever;Your throne endures from generation to generation.

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