The Holy Bible
« Chapter 4 «--- Lamentations
Lamentations 5 : 1 - 22
Chapter 5
1 | Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
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2 | Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.
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3 | We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.
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4 | We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.
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5 | They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.
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6 | We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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7 | Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.
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8 | Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.
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9 | We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.
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10 | Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.
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11 | They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.
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12 | Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.
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13 | Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.
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14 | The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.
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15 | The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.
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16 | The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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17 | Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
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18 | Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.
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19 | You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
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20 | Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
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21 | Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,
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22 | Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!
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