Lamentations 5:2

2 Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes 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, God, all we've been through. Study our plight, the black mark we've made in history.

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

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

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

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