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

Lamentations 5:1-6

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1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!
1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4 We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5 Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest.
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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