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World English Bible

Lamentations 5 (WEBP)

[1] Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
[2] Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
[3] We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
[4] We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
[5] Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
[6] We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
[7] Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
[8] Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
[9] We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
[10] Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
[11] They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
[12] Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.
[13] The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.
[14] The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
[15] The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
[16] The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
[17] For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
[18] for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
[19] You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
[20] Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
[21] Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.
[22] But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Lamentations 5 (KJVS)

[1] Remember, () O Lord, what is come upon us: Consider, () and behold () our reproach.
[2] Our inheritance is turned () to strangers, () Our houses to aliens.
[3] We are orphans and fatherless, Our mothers are as widows.
[4] We have drunken () our water for money; Our wood is sold () unto us.
[5] Our necks are under persecution: () We labour, () and have no rest. ()
[6] We have given () the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied () with bread.
[7] Our fathers have sinned, () and are not; And we have borne () their iniquities.
[8] Servants have ruled () over us: There is none that doth deliver () us out of their hand.
[9] We gat () our bread with the peril of our lives Because of the sword of the wilderness.
[10] Our skin was black () like an oven Because of the terrible famine.
[11] They ravished () the women in Zion, And the maids in the cities of Judah.
[12] Princes are hanged up () by their hand: The faces of elders were not honoured. ()
[13] They took () the young men to grind, And the children fell () under the wood.
[14] The elders have ceased () from the gate, The young men from their musick.
[15] The joy of our heart is ceased; () Our dance is turned () into mourning.
[16] The crown is fallen () from our head: Woe unto us, that we have sinned! ()
[17] For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim. ()
[18] Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, () The foxes walk () upon it.
[19] Thou, O Lord, remainest () for ever; Thy throne from generation to generation.
[20] Wherefore dost thou forget () us for ever, And forsake () us so long time?
[21] Turn () thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; () Renew () our days as of old.
[22] But thou hast utterly () rejected () us; Thou art very wroth () against us.

Lamentations 5:4 Heb. cometh for price
Lamentations 5:5 Heb. on our necks are we persecuted
Lamentations 5:10 Or, terrors or storms
Lamentations 5:16 Heb. the crown of our head is fallen [† symbol is missing in 1611 text]
Lamentations 5:20 Heb. for length of days
Lamentations 5:22 Or, for wilt thou utterly reject us?

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Lamentations 5 (BYZ)

[1] μνησθητι κυριε ο τι εγενηθη ημιν επιβλεψον και ιδε τον ονειδισμον ημων
[2] κληρονομια ημων μετεστραφη αλλοτριοις οι οικοι ημων ξενοις
[3] ορφανοι εγενηθημεν ουχ υπαρχει πατηρ μητερες ημων ως αι χηραι
[4] εξ ημερων ημων ξυλα ημων εν αλλαγματι ηλθεν
[5] επι τον τραχηλον ημων εδιωχθημεν εκοπιασαμεν ουκ ανεπαυθημεν
[6] αιγυπτος εδωκεν χειρα ασσουρ εις πλησμονην αυτων
[7] οι πατερες ημων ημαρτον ουχ υπαρχουσιν ημεις τα ανομηματα αυτων υπεσχομεν
[8] δουλοι εκυριευσαν ημων λυτρουμενος ουκ εστιν εκ της χειρος αυτων
[9] εν ταις ψυχαις ημων εισοισομεν αρτον ημων απο προσωπου ρομφαιας της ερημου
[10] το δερμα ημων ως κλιβανος επελειωθη συνεσπασθησαν απο προσωπου καταιγιδων λιμου
[11] γυναικας εν σιων εταπεινωσαν παρθενους εν πολεσιν ιουδα
[12] αρχοντες εν χερσιν αυτων εκρεμασθησαν πρεσβυτεροι ουκ εδοξασθησαν
[13] εκλεκτοι κλαυθμον ανελαβον και νεανισκοι εν ξυλω ησθενησαν
[14] και πρεσβυται απο πυλης κατεπαυσαν εκλεκτοι εκ ψαλμων αυτων κατεπαυσαν
[15] κατελυσεν χαρα καρδιας ημων εστραφη εις πενθος ο χορος ημων
[16] επεσεν ο στεφανος της κεφαλης ημων ουαι δη ημιν οτι ημαρτομεν
[17] περι τουτου εγενηθη οδυνηρα η καρδια ημων περι τουτου εσκοτασαν οι οφθαλμοι ημων
[18] επ ορος σιων οτι ηφανισθη αλωπεκες διηλθον εν αυτη
[19] συ δε κυριε εις τον αιωνα κατοικησεις ο θρονος σου εις γενεαν και γενεαν
[20] ινα τι εις νεικος επιληση ημων καταλειψεις ημας εις μακροτητα ημερων
[21] επιστρεψον ημας κυριε προς σε και επιστραφησομεθα και ανακαινισον ημερας ημων καθως εμπροσθεν
[22] οτι απωθουμενος απωσω ημας ωργισθης εφ ημας εως σφοδρα