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

Lamentations 5:17 (KJV) |

Lamentations 5:17

From Lamentations 5, in the Book of Lamentations (Old Testament).

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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.

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