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16 The garlands have[a] fallen from our heads.
    Weep for us because we have sinned.
17 Our hearts are sick and weary,
    and our eyes grow dim with tears.
18 For Jerusalem[b] is empty and desolate,
    a place haunted by jackals.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:16 Or The crown has.
  2. 5:18 Hebrew Mount Zion.

16 The crown(A) has fallen from our head.(B)
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!(C)
17 Because of this our hearts(D) are faint,(E)
    because of these things our eyes(F) grow dim(G)
18 for Mount Zion,(H) which lies desolate,(I)
    with jackals prowling over it.

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