Lamentations 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 |Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Take a look at our disgrace! Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace! Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
2 |The land we inherited has been turned over to strangers. Our homes have been turned over to foreigners. Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 We are orphans without a father. Our mothers are like widows. We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows. We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4 We have to pay to drink our own water. We have to pay to chop our own wood. We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought. We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5 [Our enemies] are breathing down our necks. We are worn out [and] not permitted to rest. Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest. Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We had to beg Egypt and Assyria for food. We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough. We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 Our ancestors sinned. Now they are gone, [but] we have to take the punishment for their wickedness. Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities. Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
8 Slaves rule us. There is no one to rescue us from them. Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand. Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
9 To get our food, we have to risk our lives in the heat of the desert. We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness. We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven from the burning heat of starvation. Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine. Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
11 Women in Zion are raped, so are the girls in the cities of Judah. Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 [Our] leaders are hung by their hands. [Our] older leaders are shown no respect. Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders. Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
13 [Our] young men work at the mill, and [our] boys stagger under loads of wood. Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood. Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 [Our] older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, and [our] young men no longer play their music. The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music. The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 There is no joy left in our hearts. Our dancing has turned into mourning. The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Because we have sinned, it has been disastrous for us. The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 This is why we feel sick. This is why our eyes see less and less. For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim, Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
18 Foxes roam around on Mount Zion, which lies in ruins. for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
19 |But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever, and your reign continues throughout every generation. But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 Why have you completely forgotten us? Why have you abandoned us for such a long time? Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days? Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
21 O LORD, bring us back to you, and we'll come back. Give us back the life we had long ago, Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old— Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
22 unless you have completely rejected us [and] are very angry with us.| unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us. unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
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