American Standard Version
"The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood. "
— Lamentations 5:13, American Standard Version
“They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.”
“The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.”
“The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.”
“They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.”
“The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.”
“They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.”
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.