Lamentations 5:2

2 Notre héritage a passé à des étrangers, nos maisons à des inconnus.

Lamentations 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers
The land of Canaan in general, which was given to Abraham and his seed to be their inheritance; and their field, and vineyards in particular, which came to them by inheritance from their fathers, were now in the hands of the Chaldeans, strangers to God, and aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, as all Gentiles were, ( Ephesians 2:12 ) ; our houses to aliens;
which they had built or purchased, or their fathers had left them, were now inhabited by those of another country.

Lamentations 5:2 In-Context

1 Souviens-toi, ô Éternel, de ce qui nous est arrivé! Regarde et vois notre opprobre!

2 Notre héritage a passé à des étrangers, nos maisons à des inconnus.

3 Nous sommes devenus des orphelins sans père, et nos mères sont comme des veuves.

4 Nous buvons notre eau à prix d'argent; c'est contre paiement que nous vient notre bois.

5 Le joug sur le cou, nous souffrons la persécution; nous sommes épuisés, nous n'avons point de repos.