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LAMENTATIONS Chapter 5 (GNB)

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5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look at us, and see our disgrace.

5:2 Our property is in the hands of strangers; foreigners are living in our homes.

5:3 Our fathers have been killed by the enemy, and now our mothers are widows.

5:4 We must pay for the water we drink; we must buy the wood we need for fuel.

5:5 Driven hard like donkeys or camels, we are tired, but are allowed no rest.

5:6 To get food enough to stay alive, we went begging to Egypt and Assyria.

5:7 Our ancestors sinned, but now they are gone, and we are suffering for their sins.

5:8 Our rulers are no better than slaves, and no one can save us from their power.

5:9 Murderers roam through the countryside; we risk our lives when we look for food.

5:10 Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven.

5:11 Our wives have been raped on Mount Zion itself; in every Judean village our daughters have been forced to submit.

5:12 Our leaders have been taken and hanged; our elders are shown no respect.

5:13 Our young men are forced to grind grain like slaves; boys go staggering under heavy loads of wood.

5:14 The old people no longer sit at the city gate, and the young people no longer make music.

5:15 Happiness has gone out of our lives; grief has taken the place of our dances.

5:16 Nothing is left of all we were proud of. We sinned, and now we are doomed.

5:17 We are sick at our very hearts and can hardly see through our tears,

5:18 because Mount Zion lies lonely and deserted, and wild jackals prowl through its ruins.

5:19 But you, O LORD, are king forever and will rule to the end of time.

5:20 Why have you abandoned us so long? Will you ever remember us again?

5:21 Bring us back to you, LORD! Bring us back! Restore our ancient glory.

5:22 Or have you rejected us forever? Is there no limit to your anger?

CHAPTER ENDS

LAMENTATIONS ENDS

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