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12 Princes they have hung by their hands;
    elders[a] they have disrespected.

13 Our[b] young men must grind grain with a millstone;
    our[c] youths stumble under the weight of wood.

14 Our[d] elders have ceased ruling[e] at the gate;
    our[f] young men have abandoned[g] their music.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:12 Lit. the faces of the elders
  2. Lamentations 5:13 The Heb. lacks Our
  3. Lamentations 5:13 The Heb. lacks our
  4. Lamentations 5:14 The Heb. lacks Our
  5. Lamentations 5:14 The Heb. lacks ruling
  6. Lamentations 5:14 The Heb. lacks our
  7. Lamentations 5:14 The Heb. lacks have abandoned