New American Standard Bible 2020
Lamentations 5:6-12
6We have 1submittedH5414H3027 to 2EgyptH4714 and AssyriaH804 3to getH7646 enoughH7646 breadH3899.7Our 4fathersH1 sinnedH2398, and areH369 goneH369; It is we who have been burdenedH5445 with the punishmentH5771 forH5771 their wrongdoingsH5771.85SlavesH5650 ruleH4910 over us; ThereH369 isH369 6noH369 oneH369 to rescueH6561 us from their handH3027.9We getH935 our breadH3899 7at the 8risk of our livesH5315 BecauseH4480H6440 of the swordH2719 in the wildernessH4057.10Our skinH5785 has becomeH3648 as 9hotH3648 as an ovenH8574, BecauseH4480H6440 of the ravagesH2152 of hungerH7458.11They violatedH6031 the 10womenH802 in ZionH6726, The virginsH1330 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063.12LeadersH8269 were hungH8518 by their handsH3027; 1112EldersH2205 were not respectedH1921.
Notes
- 1. Lamentations 5:6 Lit given Egypt a hand ↩
- 2. Lamentations 5:6 Hos 9:3; 12:1 ↩
- 3. Lamentations 5:6 Lit to be satisfied with ↩
- 4. Lamentations 5:7 Jer 14:20; 16:12 ↩
- 5. Lamentations 5:8 Neh 5:15 ↩
- 6. Lamentations 5:8 Ps 7:2; Zech 11:6 ↩
- 7. Lamentations 5:9 Lit with our soul ↩
- 8. Lamentations 5:9 Jer 40:9-12 ↩
- 9. Lamentations 5:10 Job 30:30; Lam 4:8 ↩
- 10. Lamentations 5:11 Is 13:16; Zech 14:2 ↩
- 11. Lamentations 5:12 Lit The faces of elders ↩
- 12. Lamentations 5:12 Is 47:6; Lam 4:16 ↩
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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