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Lamentations 5 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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LORD, remember what has happened to us.

Look, and see our disgrace!

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Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

our houses to foreigners.

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We have become orphans, fatherless;

our mothers are widows.

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We must pay for the water we drink;

our wood comes at a price.

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We are closely pursued;

we are tired, and no one offers us rest.

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We made a treaty with[fn] Egypt

and with Assyria, to get enough food.

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Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist,

but we bear their punishment.

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Slaves rule over us;

no one rescues us from them.

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We secure our food at the risk of our lives

because of the sword in the wilderness.

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Our skin is as hot[fn] as an oven

from the ravages of hunger.

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Women have been raped in Zion,

virgins in the cities of Judah.

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Princes have been hung up by their hands;

elders are shown no respect.

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Young men labor at millstones;

boys stumble under loads of wood.

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The elders have left the city gate,

the young men, their music.

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Joy has left our hearts;

our dancing has turned to mourning.

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The crown has fallen from our head.

Woe to us, for we have sinned.

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Because of this, our heart is sick;

because of these, our eyes grow dim:

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because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate

and has jackals prowling in it.

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You, LORD, are enthroned forever;

your throne endures from generation to generation.

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Why do you continually forget us,

abandon us for our entire lives?

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LORD, bring us back to yourself, so we may return;

renew our days as in former times,

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unless you have completely rejected us

and are intensely angry with us.

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Lit We gave the hand to
Or black ; Hb obscure
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Lamentations Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras