Chapter 5

¹ Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us:

Lam 5:1

² Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens,

Lam 5:2

³ We are become orphans, we have no father,

Lam 5:3

⁴ We have drunk our water for money;

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⁵ We have been persecuted,

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⁶ Egypt gave the hand [to us],

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⁷ Our fathers sinned, [and] are not:

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⁸ Servants have ruled over us:

Lam 5:8

⁹ We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives,

Lam 5:9

¹⁰ Our skin is blackened like an oven;

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¹¹ They humbled the women in Zion,

Lam 5:11

¹² Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honored.

Lam 5:12

¹³ The chosen men lifted up [the voice in] weeping,

Lam 5:13

¹⁴ And the elders ceased from the gate,

Lam 5:14

¹⁵ The joy of our heart has ceased;

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¹⁶ The crown has fallen [from] our head:

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¹⁷ For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful:

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¹⁸ Over the mountain of Zion, because it is made desolate,

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¹⁹ But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell forever;

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²⁰ Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us,

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²¹ Turn us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be turned;

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²² For thou hast indeed rejected us;

Lam 5:22