New American Standard Bible 1995

Lamentations 5:2-18

2Our inheritanceH5159 has been turnedH2015 over to 1strangersH2114, Our 2housesH1004 to aliensH5237.3We have becomeH1961 orphansH3490 3withoutH369 a fatherH1, Our mothersH517 are like widowsH490.4 4We have to payH3701 for our drinkingH8354 5waterH4325, Our woodH6086 comesH935 to us at a priceH4242.5 6Our pursuersH7291 are at our necksH6677; We are wornH3021 out, there is 7noH3808 restH5117 for us.6We have 8submittedH5414 H3027 to 9EgyptH4714 and AssyriaH804 10to getH7646 enoughH7646 breadH3899.7Our 11fathersH1 sinnedH2398, and are noH369 moreH369; It is we who have borneH5445 their iniquitiesH5771.8 12SlavesH5650 ruleH4910 over us; ThereH369 is 13noH369 oneH369 to deliverH6561 us from their handH3027.9We getH935 our breadH3899 14at the 15risk of our livesH5315 16BecauseH4480 H6440 of the swordH2719 in the wildernessH4057.10Our skinH5785 has becomeH3648 as 17hotH3648 as an ovenH8574, BecauseH4480 H6440 of 18the burningH2152 heatH2152 of famineH7458.11They ravishedH6031 the 19womenH802 in ZionH6726, The virginsH1330 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063.12PrincesH8269 were hungH8518 by their handsH3027; 20 21EldersH2205 were not respectedH1921.13YoungH970 menH970 22 23workedH5375 at the grindingH2911 millH2911, And youthsH5288 24stumbledH3782 under loads of woodH6086.14EldersH2205 25are goneH7673 from the gateH8179, YoungH970 menH970 from their 26musicH5058.15The joyH4885 of our heartsH3820 has 27ceasedH7673; Our dancingH4234 has been turnedH2015 into mourningH60.16The 28crownH5850 has fallenH5307 from our headH7218; 29WoeH188 to us, for we have sinnedH2398!17BecauseH5921 of thisH2088 our 30heartH3820 is faintH1739, BecauseH5921 of theseH428 thingsH428 our 31eyesH5869 are dimH2821;18BecauseH5921 of 32MountH2022 ZionH6726 whichH7945 liesH8074 desolateH8074, 33FoxesH7776 prowlH1980 in it.

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Notes

1. Lamentations 5:2 Is 1:7; Hos 8:7, 8 ↩
2. Lamentations 5:2 Zeph 1:13 ↩
3. Lamentations 5:3 Ex 22:24; Jer 15:8; 18:21 ↩
4. Lamentations 5:4 Lit We drink our water for silver ↩
5. Lamentations 5:4 Is 3:1 ↩
6. Lamentations 5:5 Lit We have been pursued upon ↩
7. Lamentations 5:5 Neh 9:36, 37 ↩
8. Lamentations 5:6 Lit given the hand to ↩
9. Lamentations 5:6 Hos 9:3; 12:1 ↩
10. Lamentations 5:6 Lit to be satisfied with ↩
11. Lamentations 5:7 Jer 14:20; 16:12 ↩
12. Lamentations 5:8 Neh 5:15 ↩
13. Lamentations 5:8 Ps 7:2; Zech 11:6 ↩
14. Lamentations 5:9 Lit with our soul ↩
15. Lamentations 5:9 Jer 40:9-12 ↩
16. Lamentations 5:9 Or In the face of ↩
17. Lamentations 5:10 Job 30:30; Lam 4:8 ↩
18. Lamentations 5:10 Or the ravages of hunger ↩
19. Lamentations 5:11 Is 13:16; Zech 14:2 ↩
20. Lamentations 5:12 Lit The faces of elders ↩
21. Lamentations 5:12 Is 47:6; Lam 4:16 ↩
22. Lamentations 5:13 Lit carry ↩
23. Lamentations 5:13 Judg 16:21 ↩
24. Lamentations 5:13 Jer 7:18 ↩
25. Lamentations 5:14 Lit have ceased ↩
26. Lamentations 5:14 Is 24:8; Jer 7:34 ↩
27. Lamentations 5:15 Jer 25:10; Amos 8:10 ↩
28. Lamentations 5:16 Job 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18 ↩
29. Lamentations 5:16 Is 3:9-11 ↩
30. Lamentations 5:17 Is 1:5 ↩
31. Lamentations 5:17 Job 17:7; Lam 2:11 ↩
32. Lamentations 5:18 Mic 3:12 ↩
33. Lamentations 5:18 Neh 4:3 ↩

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