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Lamentations 5

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

1 Lord, think about what has happened to us. Look at the shame our enemies have brought on us.

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

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

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

3 Our fathers have been killed. Our mothers don't have husbands.

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

4 We have to buy the water we drink. We have to pay for the wood we use.

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

5 Those who chase us are right behind us. We're tired. We can't get any rest.

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

6 We put ourselves under the control of Egypt and Assyria just to get enough bread.

7 Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.

7 Our people before us sinned. And they are now dead. We are being punished because of their sins.

8 Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.

8 Slaves rule over us. No one can set us free from their powerful hands.

9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.

9 We put our lives in danger just to get some bread to eat. Robbers in the desert might kill us with their swords.

10 Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.

10 Our skin is as hot as an oven. We are so hungry we're burning up with fever.

11 Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.

11 Our women have been raped in Zion. Our virgins have been raped in the towns of Judah.

12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

12 Our princes have been hung up by their hands. No one shows our elders any respect.

13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

13 Our young men are forced to grind grain at the mill. Our boys almost fall down as they carry heavy loads of wood.

14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

14 Our elders don't go to the city gate anymore. Our young men have stopped playing their music.

15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

15 There isn't any joy in our hearts. Our dancing has turned into sobbing.

16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

16 All of our honor is gone. How terrible it is for us! We have sinned.

17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim

17 So our hearts are weak. Our eyes can't see very clearly.

18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

18 Mount Zion has been deserted. Wild dogs are prowling all around on it.

19 You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

19 Lord, you rule forever. Your throne will last for all time to come.

20 Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?

20 Why do you always forget us? Why have you deserted us for so long?

21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old

21 Lord, please bring us back to you. Then we can return. Make our lives like new again.

22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

22 Or have you completely turned away from us? Are you really that angry with us?