Lamentations 5 — parallel

5:1

Remember, LORD, what has come on us.

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

5:3

We are orphans and fatherless.

We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

5:4

We must pay for water to drink.

We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

5:5

Our pursuers are on our necks.

We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

5:6

We have given our hands to the Egyptians,

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

5:7

Our fathers sinned, and are no more.

Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

5:8

Servants rule over us.

Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

5:9

We get our bread at the peril of our lives,

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

5:10

Our skin is black like an oven,

Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

5:11

They ravished the women in Zion,

Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

5:12

Princes were hanged up by their hands.

Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

5:13

The young men carry millstones.

Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

5:14

The elders have ceased from the gate,

The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

5:15

The joy of our heart has ceased.

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

5:16

The crown has fallen from our head.

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

5:17

For this our heart is faint.

Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

5:18

for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate.

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

5:19

You, LORD, remain forever.

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

5:20

Why do you forget us forever,

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

5:21

Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned.

Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

5:22

But you have utterly rejected us.

unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.