Lamentations 5:16
Verse 16 of 22. The 5th of 5 chapters in Lamentations, in The Major Prophets.
12Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.
13The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.
14The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
15The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
18for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
19You, LORD, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
20Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
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