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Lamentations - Chapter 5

	Lam 5:1	Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!
	Lam 5:2	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
	Lam 5:3	We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
	Lam 5:4	[fn]We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
	Lam 5:5	[fn]Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
	Lam 5:6	We have [fn]submitted to Egypt and Assyria [fn]to get enough bread.
	Lam 5:7	Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.
	Lam 5:8	Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
	Lam 5:9	We get our bread [fn]at the risk of our lives [fn]Because of the sword in the wilderness.
	Lam 5:10	Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of [fn]the burning heat of famine.
	Lam 5:11	They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
	Lam 5:12	Princes were hung by their hands; [fn]Elders were not respected.
	Lam 5:13	Young men [fn]worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.
	Lam 5:14	Elders [fn]are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.
	Lam 5:15	The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
	Lam 5:16	The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
	Lam 5:17	Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;
	Lam 5:18	Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.
	Lam 5:19	You, O LORD, [fn]rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
	Lam 5:20	Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us [fn]so long?
	Lam 5:21	Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,
	Lam 5:22	Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.

NASB Footnotes:

(5:4) Literally: We drink our water for silver
(5:5) Literally: We have been pursued upon
(5:6) Literally: given the hand to
(5:6) Literally: to be satisfied with
(5:9) Literally: with our soul
(5:9) Or, In the face of
(5:10) Or, the ravages of hunger
(5:12) Literally: The faces of elders
(5:13) Literally: carry
(5:14) Literally: have ceased
(5:19) Literally: sit
(5:20) Literally: to length of days

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