Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. Princes are hanged up by their hand - a piece of wanton cruelty invented by the Chaldeans. Grotius translates, 'Princes were hung by the hand of the enemy:' hanging was a usual mode of execution (Genesis 40:19). The faces of elders - official elders (Lamentations 4:16) were not honoured.
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Lamentations 5:12
12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.