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. See how we have been disgraced!
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.3We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.
4We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.4We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.
5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.
6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.
7Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.7Our ancestors sinned, but they have died— and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
8Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.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 desert.9We hunt for food at the risk of our lives, for violence rules the countryside.
10Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.10The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven.
11Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.11Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.
12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.12Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt.
13Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.13Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
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 garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim17Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.18For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.
19You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.19But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
20Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?20Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?
21Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old21Restore 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 angry with us beyond measure.22Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?
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