Old Testament · Prophets
Lamentations chapter 5
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, Yahweh, what has happened to us.
Look—really look—at our disgrace.Our has been handed over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.We have become , fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.We have to pay money for our own water;
our own wood comes to us at a price.Those who pursue us are right at our necks;
we are exhausted but given no rest.We reached out to ;
we reached out to —
just to get enough bread.Our ancestors , and they are gone;
we are left carrying the weight of their .;
there is no one to free us from their hands.We risk our lives just to get our bread,
facing the sword in the wilderness.Our skin
from the fever of starvation.They women in Zion,
virgins in the towns of Judah.Leaders were ;
elders were shown no respect.Young men were forced to ;
boys staggered under loads of wood.The elders have vanished from the ;
the young men have .Joy has vanished from our hearts;
our .The from our head.
—because we have failed.Because of all this our hearts are sick;
because of all this our eyes have gone dim—because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
with over it.But you, Yahweh—you ;
your throne endures from one generation to the next.Why do you keep ?
Why have you abandoned us for so long? to you, Yahweh, and we will come back.
—make them like they were before.Unless you have us—
unless your anger against us .