“Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us. Look and see our reproach.”
Lamentations 5
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George Warnock15
CS
Chuck Smith14
RG
Ronald Glass6
VH
Vance Havner2
DH
Dean Hochstetler1
KM
Keith Malcomson1
CS
C.H. Spurgeon1
DC
Don Courville1
BL
Brian Long1
KD
Keith Daniel1
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1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
“Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us. Consider and behold our reproach.”
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”
“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”
“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”
3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
“We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.”
“We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.”
4We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
“We have drunken our water for money. Our wood is sold unto us.”
5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
“Our necks are under persecution. We labor and have no rest.”
6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
“We have given the hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread.”
“We are given the hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread.”
7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
“Our fathers have sinned and are not and we have borne their iniquities.”
“Our fathers sinned and are no more, and it is we who have borne their iniquities.”
“Our fathers have sinned and are not, and we have borne their”
8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
“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 delivers us out of their hand.”
9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
“We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”
“We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”
10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
“Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine”
“our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.”
“Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.”
11Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
“They ravished the women in Zion and the maids in the cities of Judah.”
“ravish the women in Zion and the maids in the cities of Judah.”
12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
“Princes are hanged up by their hand. The faces of elders were not honored.”
13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
“They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.”
14The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
“The elders have ceased from the gate. The young men from their music.”
“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.”
15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
“The joy of our heart is ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.”
“The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance has turned into mourning.”
“The joy of our hearts has ceased. Our dancing has turned into mourning.”
16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
“The crown is fallen from our head. Woe unto us that we have sinned.”
“The crown has fallen from our head woe unto us that we have sinned.”
17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
“For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim”
18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
“because of the mountain of Zion which is desolate. The foxes walk upon it.”
19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
“you, O Lord, rule forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.”
20Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
“Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us so long?”
21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
“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.”
“Turn Thou us unto Thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned. Renew our days as of old”
“Restore us to you, O Lord, that we may be restored. Renew our days as of old,”
“Turn thou us unto thee oh lord. And we shall be turned. Renew our days as of old.”
22unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
“Unless you have utterly rejected us and are exceedingly angry with us,”
“But Thou hast utterly rejected us. Thou art very angry against us.”