Lamentations 5:12 - Easy To Read Version

The enemy hanged our princes.\par They didn’t honor our elders.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Princes are hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honoured.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected.

American Standard Version (1901)

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Common English Bible

Officials have been hung up by their hands; elders have been shown no respect.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The leaders were suspended by their hand. They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.

Lamentations 5:12 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry at my people.\par Those people belong to me,\par but I was angry,\par so I made them not important.\par I gave them to you,\par and you punished them.\par But you showed no mercy to them.\par You made even the old people\par work hard.\par

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Zion {\cf2\super [16]} sit on the ground.\par They sit on the ground and are quiet.\par They pour dust on their heads.\par They put on sackcloth. {\cf2\super [17]} \par The young women of Jerusalem\par bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.\par

Lamentations 2:20

Look at me, Lord!\par See who it is\par that you have treated this way!\par Let me ask this question:\par Should women eat the children\par they have given birth to?\par Should women eat the children\par that they have cared for?\par Should priest and prophet\par be killed in the temple of the Lord?\par

Lamentations 4:16

The Lord himself destroyed those people.\par He didn’t look after them anymore.\par He didn’t respect the priests.\par He was not friendly to the elders of Judah.\par

Leviticus 19:32

“Show honor to old people. Stand up when they come into the room. Show respect to your God. I am the Lord!