Lamentations · Literal Standard Version
Lamentations 5 Literal Standard Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, || Look attentively, and see our reproach.
1 ACUÉRDATE, oh Jehová, de lo que nos ha sucedido: ve y mira nuestro oprobio.
2 Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, || Our houses to foreigners.
2 Nuestra heredad se ha vuelto á extraños, nuestras casas á forasteros.
3 Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
3 Huérfanos somos sin padre, nuestras madres como viudas.
4 We have drunk our water for money, || Our wood comes for a price.
4 Nuestra agua bebemos por dinero; nuestra leña por precio compramos.
5 For our neck we have been pursued, || We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
5 Persecución padecemos sobre nuestra cerviz: nos cansamos, y no hay para nosotros reposo.
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, || [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
6 Al Egipcio y al Asirio dimos la mano, para saciarnos de pan.
7 Our fathers have sinned—they are not, || We have borne their iniquities.
7 Nuestros padres pecaron, y son muertos; y nosotros llevamos sus castigos.
8 Servants have ruled over us, || There is no deliverer from their hand.
8 Siervos se enseñorearon de nosotros; no hubo quien de su mano nos librase.
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, || Because of the sword of the wilderness.
9 Con peligro de nuestras vidas traíamos nuestro pan delante del cuchillo del desierto.
10 Our skin as an oven has been burning, || Because of the raging of the famine.
10 Nuestra piel se ennegreció como un horno á causa del ardor del hambre.
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, || Virgins—in cities of Judah.
11 Violaron á las mujeres en Sión, á las vírgenes en las ciudades de Judá.
12 Princes have been hanged by their hand, || Elderly faces have not been honored.
12 A los príncipes colgaron por su mano; no respetaron el rostro de los viejos.
13 They have taken young men to grind, || And youths have stumbled with wood.
13 Llevaron los mozos á moler, y los muchachos desfallecieron en la leña.
14 Elderly have ceased from the gate, || Young men from their song.
14 Los ancianos cesaron de la puerta, los mancebos de sus canciones.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased, || Our dancing has been turned to mourning.
15 Cesó el gozo de nuestro corazón; nuestro corro se tornó en luto.
16 The crown has fallen [from] our head, || Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
16 Cayó la corona de nuestra cabeza: ¡ay ahora de nosotros! porque pecamos.
17 Our heart has been sick for this, || Our eyes have been dim for these.
17 Por esto fué entristecido nuestro corazón, por esto se entenebrecieron nuestros ojos:
18 For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, || Foxes have gone up on it.
18 Por el monte de Sión que está asolado; zorras andan en él.
19 You, O YHWH, remain for all time, || Your throne to generation and generation.
19 Mas tú, Jehová, permanecerás para siempre: tu trono de generación en generación.
20 Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!
20 ¿Por qué te olvidarás para siempre de nosotros, y nos dejarás por largos días?
21 Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, || And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
21 Vuélvenos, oh Jehová, á ti, y nos volveremos: renueva nuestros días como al principio.
22 For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
22 Porque repeliendo nos has desechado; te has airado contra nosotros en gran manera.
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
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