Lamentations · Free Bible Version
Lamentations 5 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Lamentations is not in PT1904.
1 Lord, please remember what's happened to us. Look at us and see how we've been humiliated!
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2 The land we used to own has been handed over to strangers, our houses have been given to foreigners.
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3 We have lost our fathers, and our mothers are widows.
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4 The water we drink we have to pay for; our firewood comes at a price.
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5 Like animals we're driven along with harnesses around our necks; we're worn out but don't find any rest.
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6 We allied ourselves with Egypt and Assyria so we could have plenty of food.
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7 Our forefathers sinned and they're gone, but we're being punished for their sins.
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8 Servants of our conqueror rule over us; no one can save us from their power.
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9 We take our lives in our hands when we look for food, because of the armed raiders in the desert.
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10 Our skin is hot like an oven because of the fever caused by hunger.
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11 They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
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12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; they show elders no respect.
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13 Young men are forced to work at hand-mills; boys stagger under bundles of wood.
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14 The elders have abandoned their places at the city gate; the young men have given up playing their music.
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15 There's no more happiness for us; our dancing has turned into mourning.
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16 The crown has fallen from our head. What a disaster has come upon us because we have sinned!
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17 Because of all this, we're sick at heart; because of all these things, we can hardly look;
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18 Because of Mount Zion, which has been abandoned, and where only foxes roam.
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19 But you, Lord, live forever! You rule for all generations!
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20 So why have you forgotten us for such a long time? Why have you abandoned us for so many years?
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21 Bring us back to you, Lord, so we can be with you again. Please remake our lives like they used to be.
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22 Or have you have completely rejected us? Are you still really furious with us?
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Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 44:13–16; Psalm 89:50–51; Lamentations 3:61; Psalm 79:12; Jeremiah 15:15
- 2 Isaiah 1:7; Zephaniah 1:13; Deuteronomy 28:30–68; Psalm 79:1–2; Isaiah 63:18
- 3 Jeremiah 18:21; Exodus 22:24; Jeremiah 15:8; Hosea 14:3
- 4 Isaiah 3:1; Deuteronomy 28:48; Ezekiel 4:9–17
- 5 Lamentations 1:14; Nehemiah 9:36–37; Jeremiah 28:14; Jeremiah 27:11–12; Deuteronomy 28:48
- 6 Hosea 12:1; Hosea 9:3; Jeremiah 2:18; Hosea 7:11; Genesis 24:2
- 7 Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 31:29; Ezekiel 18:2; Jeremiah 14:20; Exodus 20:5
- 8 Nehemiah 5:15; Zechariah 11:6; Proverbs 30:22; Psalm 7:2; Hosea 2:10
- 9 Ezekiel 4:16–17; Ezekiel 12:18–19; Jeremiah 40:9–12; Jeremiah 41:18; Jeremiah 41:1–10
- 10 Lamentations 4:8; Job 30:30; Psalm 119:83; Lamentations 3:4
- 11 Isaiah 13:16; Zechariah 14:2; Deuteronomy 28:30
- 12 Lamentations 4:16; Isaiah 47:6; Jeremiah 52:10–11; Lamentations 2:20; Jeremiah 52:25–27
- 13 Judges 16:21; Matthew 23:4; Isaiah 47:2; Exodus 23:5; Nehemiah 5:1–5
- 14 Jeremiah 7:34; Isaiah 24:7–11; Revelation 18:22; Ezekiel 26:13; Lamentations 1:4
- 15 Amos 8:10; Jeremiah 25:10; Amos 6:4–7; Psalm 30:11; James 4:9–10
- 16 Psalm 89:39; Isaiah 3:9–11; Job 19:9; Jeremiah 13:18; Lamentations 1:1
- 17 Psalm 6:7; Isaiah 1:5; Lamentations 2:11; Job 17:7; Isaiah 38:14
- 18 Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 9:11; Lamentations 2:8–9; Isaiah 32:13–14; Psalm 74:2–3
- 19 Psalm 102:12; Hebrews 1:8–12; Psalm 45:6; Psalm 145:13; Psalm 102:25–27
- 20 Psalm 44:24; Psalm 13:1; Jeremiah 14:19–21; Isaiah 64:9–12; Psalm 74:1
- 21 Psalm 80:3; Psalm 80:7; Psalm 85:4; Jeremiah 31:18; Psalm 80:19
- 22 Psalm 60:1–2; Hosea 1:6; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 44:9; Isaiah 64:9
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences