Lamentations 5 : 1 (NLV)
O Lord, remember what has happened to us. Look, and see our shame!
Lamentations 5 : 2 (NLV)
The land we received from You has been given over to strangers. Our homes have been given to people from other lands.
Lamentations 5 : 3 (NLV)
We have lost our fathers. Our mothers are like those who have lost their husbands.
Lamentations 5 : 4 (NLV)
We have to pay for our drinking water, and we must buy our wood.
Lamentations 5 : 5 (NLV)
Those who come after us are at our necks. We are tired and cannot rest.
Lamentations 5 : 6 (NLV)
We have put out our hands to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Lamentations 5 : 7 (NLV)
Our fathers sinned, and are no more, and we have suffered for their sins.
Lamentations 5 : 8 (NLV)
Servants rule over us. There is no one to save us from their hand.
Lamentations 5 : 9 (NLV)
We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword in the desert.
Lamentations 5 : 10 (NLV)
Our skin has become as hot as fire because of the burning heat of hunger.
Lamentations 5 : 11 (NLV)
They have taken and sinned against the women in Zion, and the young women who have never had a man in the cities of Judah.
Lamentations 5 : 12 (NLV)
Rulers were hung by their hands. Leaders were not respected.
Lamentations 5 : 13 (NLV)
Young men worked to grind the grain, and boys fell under loads of wood.
Lamentations 5 : 14 (NLV)
The old men have left the city gate. Young men have stopped playing their music.
Lamentations 5 : 15 (NLV)
The joy of our hearts has come to an end. Our dancing has been turned into sorrow.
Lamentations 5 : 16 (NLV)
The crown has fallen from our head. It is bad for us, for we have sinned!
Lamentations 5 : 17 (NLV)
Because of this our heart is weak. Because of these things our eyes are weak.
Lamentations 5 : 18 (NLV)
Mount Zion lies in waste, so foxes run all over it.
Lamentations 5 : 19 (NLV)
O Lord, You rule forever. Your throne will last for all people-to-come.
Lamentations 5 : 20 (NLV)
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You leave us alone for so long?
Lamentations 5 : 21 (NLV)
Return us to You, O Lord. Bring us back. Make our days as they were before.
Lamentations 5 : 22 (NLV)
Or have You turned away from us forever? Is there no end to Your anger?
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