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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 5, Verse 10

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We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
King James Version
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
American Standard Version
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
New English Translation
Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.
World English Bible
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
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They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.
12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
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The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
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The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
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The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.
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Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
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Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
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Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?