New American Standard Bible 2020
Lamentations 5:2-18
2Our inheritanceH5159 has been turnedH2015 overH2015 to 1strangersH2114, Our 2housesH1004 to foreignersH5237.3We have becomeH1961 orphansH3490, 3withoutH369 a fatherH1; Our mothersH517 are like widowsH490.44We have to payH3701 for our drinkingH8354 5waterH4325, Our woodH6086 comesH935 to us at a priceH4242.56Our pursuersH7291 are at our necksH6677; We are wornH3021 outH3021, we are givenH5117 7noH3808 restH5117.6We have 8submittedH5414H3027 to 9EgyptH4714 and AssyriaH804 10to getH7646 enoughH7646 breadH3899.7Our 11fathersH1 sinnedH2398, and areH369 goneH369; It is we who have been burdenedH5445 with the punishmentH5771 forH5771 their wrongdoingsH5771.812SlavesH5650 ruleH4910 over us; ThereH369 isH369 13noH369 oneH369 to rescueH6561 us from their handH3027.9We getH935 our breadH3899 14at the 15risk of our livesH5315 BecauseH4480H6440 of the swordH2719 in the wildernessH4057.10Our skinH5785 has becomeH3648 as 16hotH3648 as an ovenH8574, BecauseH4480H6440 of the ravagesH2152 of hungerH7458.11They violatedH6031 the 17womenH802 in ZionH6726, The virginsH1330 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063.12LeadersH8269 were hungH8518 by their handsH3027; 1819EldersH2205 were not respectedH1921.13YoungH970 menH970 2021workedH5375 at the grindingH2911 millH2911, And youthsH5288 22staggeredH3782 under loads of woodH6086.14EldersH2205 areH7673 absentH7673 from the gateH8179, YoungH970 menH970 from their 23musicH5058.15The joyH4885 of our heartsH3820 has 24endedH7673; Our dancingH4234 has been turnedH2015 into mourningH60.16The 25crownH5850 has fallenH5307 from our headH7218; 26WoeH188 to us, for we have sinnedH2398!17BecauseH5921 of thisH2088 our 27heartH3820 is faintH1739, BecauseH5921 of theseH428 thingsH428 our 28eyesH5869 areH2821 dimH2821;18BecauseH5921 of 29MountH2022 ZionH6726 whichH7945 liesH8074 desolateH8074, 30JackalsH7776 prowlH1980 in it.
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 with 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 Egypt a hand ↩
- 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 5:10 Job 30:30; Lam 4:8 ↩
- 17. Lamentations 5:11 Is 13:16; Zech 14:2 ↩
- 18. Lamentations 5:12 Lit The faces of elders ↩
- 19. Lamentations 5:12 Is 47:6; Lam 4:16 ↩
- 20. Lamentations 5:13 Lit carried the ↩
- 21. Lamentations 5:13 Judg 16:21 ↩
- 22. Lamentations 5:13 Jer 7:18 ↩
- 23. Lamentations 5:14 Is 24:8; Jer 7:34 ↩
- 24. Lamentations 5:15 Jer 25:10; Amos 8:10 ↩
- 25. Lamentations 5:16 Job 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18 ↩
- 26. Lamentations 5:16 Is 3:9-11 ↩
- 27. Lamentations 5:17 Is 1:5 ↩
- 28. Lamentations 5:17 Job 17:7; Lam 2:11 ↩
- 29. Lamentations 5:18 Mic 3:12 ↩
- 30. Lamentations 5:18 Neh 4:3 ↩
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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