Lamentations 5
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1Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.1LORD, remember what has happened to us. Look, and see our disgrace!
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.3We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are widows.
4We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.4We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.5We are closely pursued; we are tired, and no one offers us rest.
6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.6We made a treaty with Egypt and with Assyria, to get enough food.
7Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.7Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
8Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.8Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from them.
9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.9We secure our food at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.10Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger.
11Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.11Women have been raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
13Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.13Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood.
14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.14The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.
15Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to 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 crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim17Because of this, our heart is sick; because of these, our eyes grow dim:
18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate and has jackals prowling in it.
19You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.19You, LORD, are enthroned forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
20Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?20Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives?
21Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old21LORD, 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 beyond measure.22unless you have completely rejected us and are intensely angry with us.
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