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Lamentations, Chapter 5

¹ Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!	1 Psa 44:13-16
² Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.	2 Isa 1:7 Hos 8:7 Hos 8:8 Zep 1:13
³ We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.	3 Exo 22:24 Jer 15:8 Jer 18:21
⁴ ^a Lit We drink our water for silverWe have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.	4 Isa 3:1
⁵ ^b Lit We have been pursued uponOur pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.	5 Neh 9:36 Neh 9:37
⁶ We have^c Lit given the hand tosubmitted to Egypt and Assyria^d Lit to be satisfied withto get enough bread.	6 Hos 9:3 Hos 12:1
⁷ Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.	7 Jer 14:20 Jer 16:12
⁸ Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.	8 Neh 5:15 Psa 7:2 Zec 11:6
⁹ We get our bread^e Lit with our soulat the risk of our lives ^f Or In the face ofBecause of the sword in the wilderness.	9 Jer 40:9-12
¹⁰ Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of^g Or the ravages of hungerthe burning heat of famine.	10 Job 30:30 Lam 4:8
¹¹ They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.	11 Isa 13:16 Zec 14:2
¹² Princes were hung by their hands; ^h Lit The faces of eldersElders were not respected.	12 Isa 47:6 Lam 4:16
¹³ Young menⁱ Lit carryworked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.	13 Jdg 16:21 Jer 7:18
¹⁴ Elders^j Lit have ceasedare gone from the gate, Young men from their music.	14 Isa 24:8 Jer 7:34
¹⁵ The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.	15 Jer 25:10 Amo 8:10
¹⁶ The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!	16 Job 19:9 Psa 89:39 Jer 13:18 Isa 3:9-11
¹⁷ Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;	17 Isa 1:5 Job 17:7 Lam 2:11
¹⁸ Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.	18 Mic 3:12 Neh 4:3
¹⁹ You, O LORD,^k Lit sitrule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.	19 Psa 102:12 Psa 102:25-27 Psa 45:6
²⁰ Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us^l Lit to length of daysso long?	20 Psa 13:1 Psa 44:24
²¹ Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,	21 Psa 80:3 Jer 31:18 Isa 60:20-22
²² Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.	22 Psa 60:1 Psa 60:2 Jer 7:29 Isa 64:9


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