11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. 12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect. 13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Lamentations 5:11–13
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Psalms 78:62–64
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1 Maccabees 1:25–27
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Nahum 3:12–14
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1 Maccabees 2:8–10
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2 Maccabees 5:12–14
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