11. They ravished the nashim in Tziyon, and the betulot in the towns of Yehudah.
12. Sarim (princes) are hanged by their yad; the faces of Zekenim were not respected.
13. They took the bochurim to grind, and the ne'arim staggered under the wood.
14. The zekenim have ceased from the sha'ar, the bochurim from their music.
15. The joy of our heart is gone; mekholeinu (our dance) is turned into mourning.