God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 5:2
2“The land we inherited has been turned over to strangers. Our homes have been turned over to foreigners.
Lamentations 5:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
- New International Version (NIV)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.
Context of Lamentations 5:2
1“Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us. Take a look at our disgrace! “The land we inherited has been turned over to strangers. Our homes have been turned over to foreigners. 3We are orphans without a father. Our mothers are like widows. 4We have to pay to drink our own water. We have to pay to chop our own wood.
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:2 word by word
נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:2
- Deuteronomy 28:30You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will have sex with her. You will build a house, but you won’t live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you won’t enjoy the grapes.
- Psalms 79:1O God, the nations have invaded the land that belongs to you. They have dishonored your holy temple. They have left Jerusalem in ruins.
- Isaiah 1:7“Your country is devastated. Your cities are burned down. Your fields are destroyed right before your eyes by foreigners. Your fields are devastated and taken over by foreigners.
- Isaiah 5:17Then lambs will graze as if they were in their own pasture, and foreigners will eat among the ruins of the rich.
- Isaiah 63:18Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.
- Jeremiah 6:12Their households, their fields, and their wives will be turned over to others. I will use my power against those who live in the land,” declares the Lord.
- Ezekiel 7:21I will hand their jewels over to foreigners as loot and to the most evil people on earth as prizes. These foreigners will dishonor the people of Israel.
- Zephaniah 1:13Their wealth will be looted. Their homes will be demolished. They will build houses, but they won’t live in them. They will plant vineyards, but they won’t drink their wine.”
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Our inheritance is turned to strangers - The greater part of the Jews were either slain or carried away captive; and even those who were left under Gedaliah were not free, for they were vassals to the Chaldeans.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Turned - “transferred.” The inheritance was the land of Canaan Leviticus 20:24. Aliens - Or, “foreigners:” i. e. the Chaldaeans upon their conquest of the country.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Our inheritance--"Thine inheritance" (Psa 79:1). The land given of old to us by Thy gift.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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