Lam 5:1
Remember H2142, O Yahweh H3068, what H4100 has happened H1961 to us;
Look H5027, and see H7200 our reproach H2781!
Lam 5:2
Our inheritance H5159 has been turned H2015 over to strangers H2114,
Our houses H1004 to foreigners H5237.
Lam 5:3
We have become H1961 orphans H3490 without H369 a father H1;
Our mothers H517 are like widows H490.
Lam 5:4
We drink H8354 our water H4325 by means of silver H3701;
Our wood H6086 comes H935 to us at a price H4242.
Lam 5:5
[fn]Our pursuers H7291 are at our necks H6677;
We are worn H3021 out H3021; there is no H3808 rest H5117 for us.
Lam 5:6
We have given H5414 over our [fn]hands H3027 to Egypt H4714 and Assyria H804 [fn]to get H7646 enough H7646 bread H3899.
Lam 5:7
Our fathers H1 sinned H2398; they are no H369 more H369;
It is we who have borne H5445 their iniquities H5771.
Lam 5:8
Slaves H5650 rule H4910 over us;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to tear H6561 us away from their hand H3027.
Lam 5:9
We get H935 our bread H3899 [fn]at the risk of our lives H5315
[fn]Because H4480 H6440 of the sword H2719 in the wilderness H4057.
Lam 5:10
Our skin H5785 has become H3648 as hot H3648 as an oven H8574
Because H4480 H6440 of [fn]the burning H2152 heat H2152 of famine H7458.
Lam 5:11
They violated H6031 the women H802 in Zion H6726,
The virgins H1330 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063.
Lam 5:12
Princes H8269 were hung H8518 by their hands H3027;
[fn]Elders H2205 were not respected H1921.
Lam 5:13
Young H970 men H970 lifted H5375 up H5375 the stone at the grinding H2911 mill H2911,
And youths H5288 stumbled H3782 down under loads of wood H6086.
Lam 5:14
Elders H2205 have ceased H7673 from being at the gate H8179,
Young H970 men H970 from their music H5058.
Lam 5:15
The joy H4885 of our hearts H3820 has ceased H7673;
Our dancing H4234 has been turned H2015 into mourning H60.
Lam 5:16
The crown H5850 has fallen H5307 from our head H7218;
Woe H188 to us, for we have sinned H2398!
Lam 5:17
Because H5921 of this H2088 our heart H3820 is faint H1739;
Because H5921 of these H428 things H428 our eyes H5869 are H2821 dim H2821;
Lam 5:18
Because H5921 of Mount H2022 Zion H6726 which H7945 lies H8074 desolate H8074,
Foxes H7776 walk H1980 about H1980 in it.
Lam 5:19
You, O Yahweh H3068, sit H3427 enthroned forever H5769;
Your throne H3678 is from generation H1755 to H1755 generation H1755.
Lam 5:20
Why H4100 do You forget H7911 us forever H5331?
Why do You forsake H5800 us [fn]so H753 H3117 long H753 H3117?
Lam 5:21
Cause H7725 us to return H7725 to You, O Yahweh H3068, that we may be returned H7725;
Renew H2318 our days H3117 as of old H6924,
Lam 5:22
Even H3588 if H518 You have utterly H3988 rejected H3988 us
And are H7107 exceedingly H5704 H3966 angry H7107 with us.
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