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

Lamentations 5:1-6

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

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

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

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

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

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

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

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

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

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

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

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