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Read Full Chapter (Lamentations 5) Lamentations 5:17-18 KJV
"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."
Lamentations Chapter 5, Verse 17-18
Lamentations 5:17-18 in Context (Verses 14–21 KJV)
14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
15
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!*
17
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
18
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?*
21
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.