Lamentations 5:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁶The crown has fallen from our head;
    woe to us, for we have sinned!
¹⁷Because of this our hearts are sick,
    because of these things our eyes have grown dim:
¹⁸because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate;
    jackals prowl over it.

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