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Lamentations 4:17-5:22
King James Version
Lamentations 4:17-5:22
King James Version
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
5 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Lamentations 4:17-5:22
New International Version
Lamentations 4:17-5:22
New International Version
17 Moreover, our eyes failed,
looking in vain(A) for help;(B)
from our towers we watched
for a nation(C) that could not save us.
18 People stalked us at every step,
so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come.(D)
19 Our pursuers were swifter
than eagles(E) in the sky;
they chased us(F) over the mountains
and lay in wait for us in the desert.(G)
20 The Lord’s anointed,(H) our very life breath,
was caught in their traps.(I)
We thought that under his shadow(J)
we would live among the nations.
21 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
you who live in the land of Uz.(K)
But to you also the cup(L) will be passed;
you will be drunk and stripped naked.(M)
22 Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion;(N)
he will not prolong your exile.
But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom,
and expose your wickedness.(O)
5 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
look, and see our disgrace.(P)
2 Our inheritance(Q) has been turned over to strangers,(R)
our homes(S) to foreigners.(T)
3 We have become fatherless,
our mothers are widows.(U)
4 We must buy the water we drink;(V)
our wood can be had only at a price.(W)
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are weary(X) and find no rest.(Y)
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria(Z)
to get enough bread.
7 Our ancestors(AA) sinned and are no more,
and we bear their punishment.(AB)
8 Slaves(AC) rule over us,
and there is no one to free us from their hands.(AD)
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
feverish from hunger.(AE)
11 Women have been violated(AF) in Zion,
and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands;
elders(AG) are shown no respect.(AH)
13 Young men toil at the millstones;
boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate;
the young men have stopped their music.(AI)
15 Joy is gone from our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.(AJ)
16 The crown(AK) has fallen from our head.(AL)
Woe to us, for we have sinned!(AM)
17 Because of this our hearts(AN) are faint,(AO)
because of these things our eyes(AP) grow dim(AQ)
18 for Mount Zion,(AR) which lies desolate,(AS)
with jackals prowling over it.
19 You, Lord, reign forever;(AT)
your throne endures(AU) from generation to generation.
20 Why do you always forget us?(AV)
Why do you forsake(AW) us so long?
21 Restore(AX) us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
renew our days as of old
22 unless you have utterly rejected us(AY)
and are angry with us beyond measure.(AZ)
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