Lamentations 5:3

3 Nous sommes devenus des orphelins sans père, et nos mères sont comme des veuves.

Lamentations 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.

Lamentations 5:3 In-Context

1 Souviens-toi, ô Éternel, de ce qui nous est arrivé! Regarde et vois notre opprobre!

2 Notre héritage a passé à des étrangers, nos maisons à des inconnus.

3 Nous sommes devenus des orphelins sans père, et nos mères sont comme des veuves.

4 Nous buvons notre eau à prix d'argent; c'est contre paiement que nous vient notre bois.

5 Le joug sur le cou, nous souffrons la persécution; nous sommes épuisés, nous n'avons point de repos.