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## Lamentations 5:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)
 
 [14 ](/kjv/lamentations/5/14) The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/lamentations/5/15) The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/lamentations/5/16) The crown is fallen *from* our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!*
 
 [17 ](/kjv/lamentations/5/17) For this our heart is faint; for these *things* our eyes are dim.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/lamentations/5/18) Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/lamentations/5/19) Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/lamentations/5/20) Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, *and* forsake us so long time?*
 
[Lamentations 4](/kjv/lamentations/4) [Ezekiel 1](/kjv/ezekiel/1)

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