Lamentations 5:2

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

Lamentations 5:2 in Other Translations

2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

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

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

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

2 Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

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 houses to foreigners.

2 The land you gave us has been turned over to outsiders. Our homes have been given to strangers.

Lamentations 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers
The land of Canaan in general, which was given to Abraham and his seed to be their inheritance; and their field, and vineyards in particular, which came to them by inheritance from their fathers, were now in the hands of the Chaldeans, strangers to God, and aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, as all Gentiles were, ( Ephesians 2:12 ) ; our houses to aliens;
which they had built or purchased, or their fathers had left them, were now inhabited by those of another country.

Lamentations 5:2 In-Context

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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 79:1
• 2. S Psalms 109:11
• 3. Zephaniah 1:13
• 4. Jeremiah 17:4