Lamentations 5:1-15 ▼

1 Remember, LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and see our disgrace!

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

3 We have become orphans, without a father; Our mothers are like widows.

4 We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

5 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, we are given no rest.

6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

7 Our fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.

8 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to rescue us from their hand.

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

10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.

11 They violated the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

12 Leaders were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

13 Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths staggered under loads of wood.

14 Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their music.

15 The joy of our hearts has ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.