New American Standard Bible 2020
Lamentations 5:8-16
81SlavesH5650 ruleH4910 over us; ThereH369 isH369 2noH369 oneH369 to rescueH6561 us from their handH3027.9We getH935 our breadH3899 3at the 4risk of our livesH5315 BecauseH4480H6440 of the swordH2719 in the wildernessH4057.10Our skinH5785 has becomeH3648 as 5hotH3648 as an ovenH8574, BecauseH4480H6440 of the ravagesH2152 of hungerH7458.11They violatedH6031 the 6womenH802 in ZionH6726, The virginsH1330 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063.12LeadersH8269 were hungH8518 by their handsH3027; 78EldersH2205 were not respectedH1921.13YoungH970 menH970 910workedH5375 at the grindingH2911 millH2911, And youthsH5288 11staggeredH3782 under loads of woodH6086.14EldersH2205 areH7673 absentH7673 from the gateH8179, YoungH970 menH970 from their 12musicH5058.15The joyH4885 of our heartsH3820 has 13endedH7673; Our dancingH4234 has been turnedH2015 into mourningH60.16The 14crownH5850 has fallenH5307 from our headH7218; 15WoeH188 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 5:10 Job 30:30; Lam 4:8 ↩
- 6. Lamentations 5:11 Is 13:16; Zech 14:2 ↩
- 7. Lamentations 5:12 Lit The faces of elders ↩
- 8. Lamentations 5:12 Is 47:6; Lam 4:16 ↩
- 9. Lamentations 5:13 Lit carried the ↩
- 10. Lamentations 5:13 Judg 16:21 ↩
- 11. Lamentations 5:13 Jer 7:18 ↩
- 12. Lamentations 5:14 Is 24:8; Jer 7:34 ↩
- 13. Lamentations 5:15 Jer 25:10; Amos 8:10 ↩
- 14. Lamentations 5:16 Job 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18 ↩
- 15. 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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