New American Standard Bible 1995

Lamentations 5:2-7

2Our inheritanceנַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙na.cha.la.Te.nuH5159has been turnedנֶֽהֶפְכָ֣הne.hef.KhahH2015over tostrangersלְזָרִ֔יםle.za.RimH2114, Ourhousesבָּתֵּ֖ינוּba.Tei.nuH1004to aliensלְנָכְרִֽים׃le.na.khe.RimH5237.

3We have becomeהָיִ֙ינוּ֙ha.Yi.nuH1961orphansיְתוֹמִ֤יםye.to.MimH3490withoutוְאֵ֣יןve.einH369a fatherאָ֔ב'AvH1,Our mothersאִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ'i.mo.Tei.nuH517are like widowsכְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ke.'al.ma.NotH490.

4We have to payבְּכֶ֣סֶףbe.Khe.sefH3701for our drinkingשָׁתִ֔ינוּsha.Ti.nuH8354waterמֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙mei.Mei.nuH4325,Our woodעֵצֵ֖ינוּ'e.Tzei.nuH6086comesיָבֹֽאוּ׃ya.Vo.'uH935to usat a priceבִּמְחִ֥ירbim.ChirH4242.

5Our pursuersנִרְדָּ֔פְנוּnir.Da.fe.nuH7291are at our necksצַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙tza.va.Re.nuH6677;We are wornיָגַ֖עְנוּya.Ga'.nuH3021out, there isnoוְלֹ֥אve.lo'H3808restהֽוּנַֽחhu.nach-H5117for us.

6We havesubmittedנָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔דna.Ta.nu YadH5414 H3027toEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714andAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804to getH7646enoughH7646breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

7Ourfathersאֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1sinnedחָֽטְאוּ֙cha.te.'UH2398, andare noH369moreH369;It is we who have borneסָבָֽלְנוּ׃sa.Val.nuH5445their iniquitiesעֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם'a.vo.no.tei.HemH5771.

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