Lamentations 5:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴The old men have left the city gate,
    the young men their music.
¹⁵The joy of our hearts has ceased;
    our dancing has been turned to mourning.
¹⁶The crown has fallen from our head;
    woe to us, for we have sinned!

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