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1 Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us. Look at us, and see our disgrace.
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1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
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2 Our property is in the hands of strangers; foreigners are living in our homes.
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2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.
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3 Our fathers have been killed by the enemy, and now our mothers are widows.
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3 We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.
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4 We must pay for the water we drink; we must buy the wood we need for fuel.
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4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
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5 Driven hard like donkeys or camels, we are tired, but are allowed no rest.
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5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
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6 To get food enough to stay alive, we went begging to Egypt and Assyria.
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6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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7 Our ancestors sinned, but now they are gone, and we are suffering for their sins.
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7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
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8 Our rulers are no better than slaves, and no one can save us from their power.
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8 Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands.
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9 Murderers roam through the countryside; we risk our lives when we look for food.
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9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
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10 Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven.
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10 Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
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11 Our wives have been raped on Mount Zion itself; in every Judean village our daughters have been forced to submit.
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11 Women have been ravished in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
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12 Our leaders have been taken and hanged; our elders are shown no respect.
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12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
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13 Our young men are forced to grind grain like slaves; boys go staggering under heavy loads of wood.
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13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
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14 The old people no longer sit at the city gate, and the young people no longer make music.
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14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
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15 Happiness has gone out of our lives; grief has taken the place of our dances.
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15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
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16 Nothing is left of all we were proud of. We sinned, and now we are doomed.
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16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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17 We are sick at our very hearts and can hardly see through our tears,
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17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
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18 because Mount Zion lies lonely and deserted, and wild jackals prowl through its ruins.
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18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
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19 But you, O Lord, are king forever and will rule to the end of time.
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19 You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
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20 Why have you abandoned us so long? Will you ever remember us again?
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20 Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
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21 Bring us back to you, Lord! Bring us back! Restore our ancient glory.
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21 Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
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22 Or have you rejected us forever? Is there no limit to your anger?
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22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
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| Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
