Lamentations 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach. 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 Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers: 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 become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows. We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows. We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us for a burden on our neck: 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 we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no 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 Egypt gave the hand to us , Assur to their own satisfaction. 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 fathers sinned, and are not: we have borne their iniquities. 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 Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom us out of their hand. 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 We shall bring in our bread with danger of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness. 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 blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine. Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine. Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
11 They humbled the women in Sion, the virgins in the cities of Juda. 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 Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honoured. 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 The chosen men lifted up the voice in weeping, and the youths fainted under the 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 And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from 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 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is 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: yea, woe to us! for we have sinned. 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 For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened. 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 Over the mountain of Sion, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein. for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
19 But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell for ever; thy throne shall endure to generation and 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 Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us, and abandon us 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 Turn us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before. 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 For thou hast indeed rejected us; thou hast been very wroth against 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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