Lamentaciones 5:3

3 Huérfanos somos sin padre; nuestras madres son como viudas.

Lamentaciones 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.

Lamentaciones 5:3 In-Context

1 Acuérdate, oh SEÑOR, de lo que nos ha sucedido. Ve y mira nuestro oprobio.

2 Nuestra heredad se ha vuelto a extraños, nuestras casas a forasteros.

3 Huérfanos somos sin padre; nuestras madres son como viudas.

4 Nuestra agua bebemos por dinero; nuestra leña por precio compramos.

5 Persecución padecemos sobre nuestra cerviz; nos cansamos, y no hay para nosotros reposo.