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

Lamentations 5:1-6

1 "Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Take a look at our disgrace!

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

2 "The land we inherited has been turned over to strangers. Our homes have been turned over to foreigners.

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

3 We are orphans without a father. Our mothers are like widows.

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

4 We have to pay to drink our own water. We have to pay to chop our own wood.

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

5 [Our enemies] are breathing down our necks. We are worn out [and] not permitted to rest.

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

6 We had to beg Egypt and Assyria for food.

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