Humiliation and Loss of Dignity

Lamentations 5:11-18

Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins--in cities of Judah.

Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

Fallen hath the crown from our head, Woe is now to us, for we have sinned.

For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

For the mount of Zion--that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.