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

Lamentations 5:1-6

New Revised Standard NRS

1 Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!

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

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

4 We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.

5 With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.

6 We have made a pact with Egypt and Assyria, to get enough bread.

New International Version NIV

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.

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

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

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

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