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class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,</p><p class="poem">our houses to foreigners.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>We have become orphans, fatherless;</p><p class="poem">our mothers are widows.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>We must pay for the water we drink;</p><p class="poem">our wood comes at a price.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>We are closely pursued;</p><p class="poem">we are tired, and no one offers us rest.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We made a treaty with<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Lamentations.5.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Egypt</p><p class="poem">and with Assyria, to get enough food.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist,</p><p class="poem">but we bear their punishment.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Slaves rule over us;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">no one rescues us from them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>We secure our food at the risk of our lives</p><p class="poem">because of the sword in the wilderness.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Our skin is as hot<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Lamentations.5.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> as an oven<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">from the ravages of hunger.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Women have been raped in Zion,</p><p class="poem">virgins in the cities of Judah.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Princes have been hung up by their hands;</p><p class="poem">elders are shown no respect.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Young men labor at millstones;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">boys stumble under loads of wood.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The elders have left the city gate,</p><p class="poem">the young men, their music.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Joy has left our hearts;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">our dancing has turned to mourning.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The crown has fallen from our head.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Woe to us, for we have sinned.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Because of this, our heart is sick;</p><p class="poem">because of these, our eyes grow dim:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate</p><p class="poem">and has jackals prowling in it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, are enthroned forever;</p><p class="poem">your throne endures from generation to generation.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Why do you continually forget us,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">abandon us for our entire lives?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, bring us back to yourself, so we may return;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Lamentations.5.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">renew our days as in former times,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Lamentations.5.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>unless you have completely rejected us</p><p class="poem">and are intensely angry with us.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Lamentations.5" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Lamentations.5.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.6">5:6</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">We gave the hand to</span></aside><aside id="fn.Lamentations.5.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.10">5:10</a></span> Or <span class="italic">black</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Lamentations.5" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.1">5:1</a></span> Ps 74:18,22; 89:50–51</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.6">5:6</a></span> Hs 12:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.7">5:7</a></span> Ex 34:7; Lv 26:39; Dt 24:16; Ezk 18:2–4</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.8">5:8</a></span> Pr 30:21–23; Ec 10:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.10">5:10</a></span> Lm 4:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.12">5:12</a></span> Lm 4:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.13">5:13</a></span> Ex 11:5; Jdg 16:21; Is 47:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.14">5:14</a></span> Is 24:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.15">5:15</a></span> Am 8:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.16">5:16</a></span> Jb 19:9; Is 28:3; Jr 13:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.16">5:16</a></span> Jr 8:14; 14:20; Dn 9:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.17">5:17</a></span> Ps 69:23; Ec 12:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.18">5:18</a></span> Is 13:19–22; 34:11–15</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.19">5:19</a></span> Ps 9:7; 45:6; 102:12; Ezk 43:7; Heb 1:8; Rv 4:9–10; 5:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.20">5:20</a></span> Ps 13:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Lamentations.5.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Lamentations.5.21">5:21</a></span> Jr 15:19; 31:18</aside><br /><section 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