Parallel Bible results for "lamentations 5:1-6"

Lamentations 5:1-6

1 Remember, ADONAI, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.

1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.

2 The land we possessed has been passed on to strangers, our homes to foreigners.

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

3 We have become fatherless orphans, our mothers now are widows.

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

4 We have to pay to drink our own water; we have to buy our own wood.

4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

5 The yoke is on our necks; we are persecuted; we toil to exhaustion but are given no rest.

5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.

6 We made pacts with Egypt and Ashur to get enough food.

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