Lamentazioni 5:3

3 Noi siam diventati orfani, senza padre, le nostre madri son come vedove.

Lamentazioni 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:3

We are orphans and fatherless
In every sense; in a natural sense, their fathers having been cut off by the sword, famine, or pestilence; in a civil sense, their king being taken from them; and in a religious sense, God having forsaken them for their sins: our mothers [are] as widows;
either really so, their husbands being dead; or were as if they had no husbands, they not being able to provide for them, protect and deferred them. The Targum adds,

``whose husbands are gone to the cities of the sea, and it is doubtful whether they are alive.''
Some understand this politically, of their cities being desolate and defenceless.

Lamentazioni 5:3 In-Context

1 Ricordati, Eterno, di quello che ci è avvenuto! Guarda e vedi il nostro obbrobrio!
2 La nostra eredità è passata a degli stranieri, le nostre case, a degli estranei.
3 Noi siam diventati orfani, senza padre, le nostre madri son come vedove.
4 Noi beviamo la nostr’acqua a prezzo di danaro, le nostre legna ci vengono a pagamento.
5 Col collo carico noi siamo inseguiti, siamo spossati, non abbiamo requie.
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