Lamentations 5
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1LORD, remember what has happened to us. Pay attention, and look at our shame!1LORD, remember what has happened to us. Look, and see our disgrace!
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, and our homes to foreigners.2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3We are now orphans—without fathers— and our mothers are like widows.3We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are widows.
4We pay to drink our own water, and our own wood is sold to us at high price.4We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us.5We are closely pursued; we are tired, and no one offers us rest.
6We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food. 6We made a treaty with Egypt and with Assyria, to get enough food.
7Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.7Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
8Slaves rule over us, and no one delivers us from their control. 8Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from them.
9We risk our lives to obtain our food, facing death in the desert.9We secure our food at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine.10Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger.
11They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.11Women have been raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
13Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.13Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood.
14Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music.14The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.
15The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16The crown has fallen from our head— woe to us, because we have sinned!16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
17This is why our hearts faint, and why our eyes grow dim:17Because of this, our heart is sick; because of these, our eyes grow dim:
18Because Mount Zion is desolate; foxes roam around it.18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate and has jackals prowling in it.
19You, LORD, are forever— your throne endures from generation to generation.19You, LORD, are enthroned forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
20So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long?20Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives?
21Restore us to yourself, LORD, so that we may return. Renew our days as before,21LORD, bring us back to yourself, so we may return; renew our days as in former times,
22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us without limit.22unless you have completely rejected us and are intensely angry with us.
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