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. See how we have been disgraced!
2Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.3We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.
4We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.4We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.
5They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.
6We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.
7Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.7Our ancestors sinned, but they have died— and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
8Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.8Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us.
9We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.9We hunt for food at the risk of our lives, for violence rules the countryside.
10Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.10The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven.
11They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.11Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.
12Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.12Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt.
13Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.13Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
14The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
15The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
17Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;17Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
18Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.18For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.
19You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.19But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
20Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?20Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?
21Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,21Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had!
22Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!22Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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