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Lamentations 5 :: New International Version (NIV)

Lam 5:1Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.

Lam 5:2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.

Lam 5:3We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

Lam 5:4We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

Lam 5:5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.

Lam 5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Lam 5:7Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.

Lam 5:8Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.

Lam 5:9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.

Lam 5:10Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.

Lam 5:11Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.

Lam 5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

Lam 5:13Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

Lam 5:14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

Lam 5:15Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lam 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Lam 5:17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim

Lam 5:18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

Lam 5:19You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

Lam 5:20Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?

Lam 5:21Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old

Lam 5:22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

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