5:1 LORD, remember everything that has happened to us. See all the sorrows we bear!
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 1 , LORD, remember everything that has happened to us. See all the sorrows we bear!
5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 2 , Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
5:3 We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 3 , We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.
5:4 We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 4 , We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.
5:5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 5 , Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.
5:6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 6 , We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.
5:7 It was our ancestors who sinned, but they died before the hand of judgment fell. We have suffered the punishment they deserved!
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 7 , It was our ancestors who sinned, but they died before the hand of judgment fell. We have suffered the punishment they deserved!
5:8 Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 8 , Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us.
5:9 We must hunt for food in the wilderness at the risk of our lives.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 9 , We must hunt for food in the wilderness at the risk of our lives.
5:10 Because of the famine, our skin has been blackened as though baked in an oven.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 10 , Because of the famine, our skin has been blackened as though baked in an oven.
5:11 Our enemies rape the women and young girls in Jerusalem and throughout the towns of Judah.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 11 , Our enemies rape the women and young girls in Jerusalem and throughout the towns of Judah.
5:12 Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and the old men are treated with contempt.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 12 , Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and the old men are treated with contempt.
5:13 The young men are led away to work at millstones, and the children stagger under heavy loads of wood.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 13 , The young men are led away to work at millstones, and the children stagger under heavy loads of wood.
5:14 The old men no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 14 , The old men no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
5:15 The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned to mourning.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 15 , The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned to mourning.
5:16 The garlands have fallen from our heads. Disaster has fallen upon us because we have sinned.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 16 , The garlands have fallen from our heads. Disaster has fallen upon us because we have sinned.
5:17 Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 17 , Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
5:18 For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 18 , For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.
5:19 But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 19 , But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
5:20 Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you forsaken us for so long?
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 20 , Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you forsaken us for so long?
5:21 Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had!
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 21 , Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had!
5:22 Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?
The NLT Book of Lamentations , Chapter 5 , Verse 22 , Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?
