Lamentations 5
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1Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!1LORD, remember what has happened to us. Pay attention, and look at our shame!
2Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, and our homes to foreigners.
3We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.3We are now orphans—without fathers— and our mothers are like widows.
4We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.4We pay to drink our own water, and our own wood is sold to us at high price.
5They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.5Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us.
6We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.6We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food.
7Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.7Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.
8Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.8Slaves rule over us, and no one delivers us from their control.
9We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.9We risk our lives to obtain our food, facing death in the desert.
10Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.10Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine.
11They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.11They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.
12Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.12Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.
13Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.13Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.
14The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.14Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music.
15The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.15The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.
16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!16The crown has fallen from our head— woe to us, because we have sinned!
17Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;17This is why our hearts faint, and why our eyes grow dim:
18Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.18Because Mount Zion is desolate; foxes roam around it.
19You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.19You, LORD, are forever— your throne endures from generation to generation.
20Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?20So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long?
21Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,21Restore us to yourself, LORD, so that we may return. Renew our days as before,
22Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us without limit.
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