Lamentations 5:13-15

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³Young men are compelled to grind at the mill;
    and boys stagger under loads of wood.
¹⁴The old men have quit the city gate,
    the young men their music.
¹⁵The joy of our hearts has ceased;
    our dancing has been turned to mourning.

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