Lamentations 5
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Lamen 5:1
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Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!
Lamen 5:2
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Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
Lamen 5:3
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We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
Lamen 5:4
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We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes {to us} at a price.
Lamen 5:5
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Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
Lamen 5:6
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We have submitted to Egypt {and} Assyria to get enough bread.
Lamen 5:7
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Our fathers sinned, {and} are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
Lamen 5:8
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Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
Lamen 5:9
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We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
Lamen 5:10
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Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
Lamen 5:11
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They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
Lamen 5:12
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Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
Lamen 5:13
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Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under {loads} of wood.
Lamen 5:14
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Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.
Lamen 5:15
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The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
Lamen 5:16
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The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Lamen 5:17
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Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;
Lamen 5:18
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Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.
Lamen 5:19
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You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
Lamen 5:20
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Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
Lamen 5:21
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Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,
Lamen 5:22
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Unless You have utterly rejected us {And} are exceedingly angry with us.
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