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

Lamentations 5:1-6

1 "Remember, God, all we've been through. Study our plight, the black mark we've made in history.

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

2 Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers.

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

3 Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows.

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

4 We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price.

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

5 We're nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest.

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

6 We sold ourselves to Assyria and Egypt just to get something to eat.

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