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12 Princes have been hanged by them,
    elders shown no respect.(A)
13 Young men carry millstones,
    boys stagger under loads of wood;
14 The elders have abandoned the gate,[a]
    the young men their music.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:14 The gate: a place of assembly, where city decisions were made and judgment given by the elders and other community leaders; see note on Ru 4:1.