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A Prayer of the Prophet

“Remember, O Yahweh, what has happened to us.
    Take a look at our disgrace!

“The land we inherited has been turned over to strangers.
    Our homes have been turned over to foreigners.
We are orphans without a father.
    Our mothers are like widows.

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Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
    look, and see our disgrace.(A)
Our inheritance(B) has been turned over to strangers,(C)
    our homes(D) to foreigners.(E)
We have become fatherless,
    our mothers are widows.(F)

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