Lamentations 5:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ The ·elders [or old men] ·no longer sit at the city [^Lhave left the] gates [^Cthe center of government and business];
    the young men no longer sing.
¹⁵ ·We have no more joy in [^LJoy has left] our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to ·sadness [mourning].
¹⁶ The crown has fallen from our head.
    ·How terrible it is [^LWoe to us] because we sinned.