The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.(Lamentations 5:14)

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.(Lamentations 5:15)

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!(Lamentations 5:16)

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.(Lamentations 5:18)

Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.(Lamentations 5:19)

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?(Lamentations 5:20)

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Lamentations 5:17 - Cross Reference

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. (Ezekiel 21:15)

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. (Leviticus 26:36)

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: (Deuteronomy 28:65)

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. (Psalm 31:9)

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. (Psalm 6:7)

Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. (Lamentations 1:22)

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 21:7)

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isaiah 1:5)

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isaiah 38:14)

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 46:5)

From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. (Lamentations 1:13)

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Psalm 69:3)

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. (Jeremiah 8:18)

Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. (Micah 6:13)

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. (Job 17:7)

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. (Lamentations 2:11)