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Lamentations 5:7-17

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7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.
7 Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
8 Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.
8 Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.
11 Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
13 Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.
13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.
15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
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