Lamentations 5

Verses of Lamentations 5 of the NIV from the book of the bible

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1 - Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
2 - Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.
3 - We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.
4 - We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5 - Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6 - We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 - Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
8 - Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands.
9 - We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10 - Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
11 - Women have been ravished in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 - Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
13 - Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 - The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 - Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 - The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 - Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
18 - for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
19 - You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 - Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
21 - Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
22 - unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

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Lamentations 5 NIV - English Bible Online

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