Lamentations
Lam
5:1
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Lamentations
Lam
5:2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Lamentations
Lam
5:3
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
Lamentations
Lam
5:4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
Lamentations
Lam
5:5
Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
Lamentations
Lam
5:6
We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Lamentations
Lam
5:7
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Lamentations
Lam
5:8
Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
Lamentations
Lam
5:9
We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Lamentations
Lam
5:10
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Lamentations
Lam
5:11
They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.
They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.
Lamentations
Lam
5:12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Lamentations
Lam
5:13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
Lamentations
Lam
5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Lamentations
Lam
5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Lamentations
Lam
5:16
The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Lam
5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.
For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.
Lamentations
Lam
5:18
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Lamentations
Lam
5:19
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Lamentations
Lam
5:20
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?
Lamentations
Lam
5:21
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Lamentations
Lam
5:22
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
