Lam 5 | ABEn | STEP | Remember, O lord , what happened to us! Look upon and behold our scorn!

Lamentations 5

CHAPTER 5 Jeremiah Laments the Destruction

1 Remember, O lord, what happened to us! Look upon and behold our scorn! 2 Our inheritance was converted over to aliens; our houses to strangers. 3 [²orphans ¹We were]; there does not exist a father; our mothers are as widows. 4 [²our water ³for ⁴money ¹We drank]; our wood [²in ³barter ¹came]. 5 Unto our neck we were pursued; we tired; we were not rested. 6 Egypt gave a hand; Assyria for their plenty. 7 Our fathers sinned, and they do not exist; we [²their violations of the law ¹underwent]. 8 Servants lorded over us; [²one ransoming ¹there is not] from out of their hand. 9 With our lives we will carry in our bread from in front of the broadsword of the wilderness. 10 Our skin [²as ³an oven ¹was darkened]; they were made to shrivel from the face of blasts of famine. 11 [²women ³in ⁴Zion ¹They abased], virgins in the cities of Judah. 12 Rulers [²by ³their hands ¹were hanged]; elders were not extolled; 13 chosen men [²weeping ¹took up], and young men [²in ³wood bearing ¹weakened]. 14 And old men [²from ³the gate ¹ceased]; chosen men [²from ³their psalms ¹ceased]. 15 [³rested up ¹Joy ²of our heart]; [²turned ³into ⁴mourning ¹our dance]. 16 [⁴fell ¹The ²crown ³of our head]; and woe to us for we sinned. 17 On account of this [⁴became ¹grief ⁵grievous ²in ³our heart]; on account of this, [²darkened ¹our eyes]. 18 Upon mount Zion, for it was obliterated, foxes went through in it. 19 But you, O lord, [²into ³the ⁴eon ¹shall dwell]; your throne is unto generation and generation. 20 Why for victory shall you forget us? Will you forsake us unto the duration of days? 21 Turn us to you! O lord, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before! 22 For in thrusting away, you thrusted us away; you were provoked to anger against us, unto exceedingly.