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13 Young men toil, carrying the millstones;
    boys stagger under their loads of wood.
14 The old men no longer assemble at the city gate;[a]
    the young men have given up their music.
15 Joy has vanished from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:14 Gate: public life and political activity were carried on at the gates of the city.