1 look, and see our disgrace.
2 our homes to foreigners.
3 our mothers like widows.
4 our wood can be had only at a price.
5 we are weary and find no rest.
6 to get enough bread.
7 and we bear their punishment.
8 and there is none to free us from their hands.
9 because of the sword in the desert.
10 feverish from hunger.
11 and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 elders are shown no respect.
13 boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 the young men have stopped their music.
15 our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 because of these things our eyes grow dim
18 with jackals prowling over it.
19 your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 Why do you forsake us so long?
21 renew our days as of old
22 and are angry with us beyond measure.
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