New American Standard Bible 1995
Lamentations 5:8-16
81SlavesH5650 ruleH4910 over us; ThereH369 is 2noH369 oneH369 to deliverH6561 us from their handH3027.9We getH935 our breadH3899 3at the 4risk of our livesH5315 5BecauseH4480H6440 of the swordH2719 in the wildernessH4057.10Our skinH5785 has becomeH3648 as 6hotH3648 as an ovenH8574, BecauseH4480H6440 of 7the burningH2152 heatH2152 of famineH7458.11They ravishedH6031 the 8womenH802 in ZionH6726, The virginsH1330 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063.12PrincesH8269 were hungH8518 by their handsH3027; 910EldersH2205 were not respectedH1921.13YoungH970 menH970 1112workedH5375 at the grindingH2911 millH2911, And youthsH5288 13stumbledH3782 under loads of woodH6086.14EldersH2205 14are goneH7673 from the gateH8179, YoungH970 menH970 from their 15musicH5058.15The joyH4885 of our heartsH3820 has 16ceasedH7673; Our dancingH4234 has been turnedH2015 into mourningH60.16The 17crownH5850 has fallenH5307 from our headH7218; 18WoeH188 to us, for we have sinnedH2398!
Notes
- 1. Lamentations 5:8 Neh 5:15 ↩
- 2. Lamentations 5:8 Ps 7:2; Zech 11:6 ↩
- 3. Lamentations 5:9 Lit with our soul ↩
- 4. Lamentations 5:9 Jer 40:9-12 ↩
- 5. Lamentations 5:9 Or In the face of ↩
- 6. Lamentations 5:10 Job 30:30; Lam 4:8 ↩
- 7. Lamentations 5:10 Or the ravages of hunger ↩
- 8. Lamentations 5:11 Is 13:16; Zech 14:2 ↩
- 9. Lamentations 5:12 Lit The faces of elders ↩
- 10. Lamentations 5:12 Is 47:6; Lam 4:16 ↩
- 11. Lamentations 5:13 Lit carry ↩
- 12. Lamentations 5:13 Judg 16:21 ↩
- 13. Lamentations 5:13 Jer 7:18 ↩
- 14. Lamentations 5:14 Lit have ceased ↩
- 15. Lamentations 5:14 Is 24:8; Jer 7:34 ↩
- 16. Lamentations 5:15 Jer 25:10; Amos 8:10 ↩
- 17. Lamentations 5:16 Job 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18 ↩
- 18. Lamentations 5:16 Is 3:9-11 ↩
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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