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<poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Our inheritance<MH5159> has been turned<MH2015> over<MH2015> to strangers<MH2114a>, <t><p class="indent1">Our houses<MH1004> to foreigners<MH5237>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>We have become<MH1961> orphans<MH3490>, without<MH369> a father<MH1>; <t><p class="indent1">Our mothers<MH517> are like widows<MH490>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>We have to pay<MH3701> for our drinking<MH8354> water<MH4325>, <t><p class="indent1">Our wood<MH6086> comes<MH935> <i>to us</i> at a price<MH4242>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Our pursuers<MH7291> are at our necks<MH6677>; <t><p class="indent1">We are worn<MH3021> out<MH3021>, we are given<MH5117> no<MH3808> rest<MH5117>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>submitted<MH5414, 3027> to Egypt<MH4714> <i>and</i> Assyria<MH804b> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>to get<MH7646> enough<MH7646> bread<MH3899>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Our fathers<MH1> sinned<MH2398>, <i>and</i> are<MH369> gone<MH369>; <t><p class="indent1"><i>It is</i> we <i>who</i> have been burdened<MH5445> with the punishment<MH5771> for<MH5771> their wrongdoings<MH5771>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Slaves<MH5650> rule<MH4910> over us; <t><p class="indent1">There<MH369> is<MH369> no<MH369> one<MH369> to rescue<MH6561> us from their hand<MH3027>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>We get<MH935> our bread<MH3899> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>at the risk of our lives<MH5315> <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH4480, 6440> of the sword<MH2719> in the wilderness<MH4057b>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Our skin<MH5785> has become<MH3648> as hot<MH3648> as an oven<MH8574>, <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH4480, 6440> of the ravages<MH2152> of hunger<MH7458>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They violated<MH6031a> the women<MH802> in Zion<MH6726>, <t><p class="indent1">The virgins<MH1330> in the cities<MH5892b> of Judah<MH3063>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Leaders<MH8269> were hung<MH8518> by their hands<MH3027>; <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>Elders<MH2205> were not respected<MH1921>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Young<MH970> men<MH970> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>worked<MH5375> at the grinding<MH2911a> mill<MH2911a>, <t><p class="indent1">And youths<MH5288> staggered<MH3782> under <i>loads</i> of wood<MH6086>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Elders<MH2205> are<MH7673a> absent<MH7673a> from the gate<MH8179>, <t><p class="indent1">Young<MH970> men<MH970> from their music<MH5058>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The joy<MH4885> of our hearts<MH3820> has ended<MH7673a>; <t><p class="indent1">Our dancing<MH4234> has been turned<MH2015> into mourning<MH60>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The crown<MH5850> has fallen<MH5307> from our head<MH7218>; <t><p class="indent1">Woe<MH188> to us, for we have sinned<MH2398>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Because<MH5921> of this<MH2088> our heart<MH3820> is faint<MH1739>, <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH5921> of these<MH428> things<MH428> our eyes<MH5869> are<MH2821> dim<MH2821>; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Because<MH5921> of Mount<MH2022> Zion<MH6726> which<MH7945> lies<MH8074> desolate<MH8074>, <t><p class="indent1">Jackals<MH7776> prowl<MH1980> in it. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You, LORD<MH3068>, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>rule<MH3427> forever<MH5769>; <t><p class="indent1">Your throne<MH3678> is from generation<MH1755> to generation<MH1755>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Why<MH4100> will You forget<MH7911> us forever<MH5331>? <t><p class="indent1"><i>Why</i> do You abandon<MH5800a> us for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>so<MH753, 3117> long<MH753, 3117>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Restore<MH7725> us to You, LORD<MH3068>, so that we may be restored<MH7725>; <t><p class="indent1">Renew<MH2318> our days<MH3117> as of old<MH6924a>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Unless<MH3588, 518> You have utterly<MH3988a> rejected<MH3988a> us <t><p class="indent1"><i>And</i> are<MH7107> exceedingly<MH5704, 3966> angry<MH7107> with us.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>We drink our water with silver</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>We have been pursued upon</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>given Egypt a hand</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>to be satisfied with</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>with our soul</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>The faces of elders</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>carried the</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>sit</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>length of days</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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