King James Version
Lamentations 5:13 in the King James Version says “They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.”
Lamentations 5:13 · KJV
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They took”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“and the children”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“fell”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
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