King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611

Lamentations 5:17 KJV

"For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."

Lamentations Chapter 5, Verse 17

Lamentations 5:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!^*

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?^*