Lamentations 5:1-3

Wycliffe Bible

5 Lord, have thou mind what befell to us (Lord, remember what hath happened to us); see thou, and behold our shame.

²Our heritage is turned to aliens, our houses be turned to strangers. (Our inheritance is turned, or given, over to foreigners, our houses be turned over to strangers.)

³We be made fatherless children without (a) father; our mothers be as widows (our mothers be like widows).

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Lamentations 5:1-3

New International Version

5 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
    look, and see our disgrace.^(A)
²Our inheritance^(B) has been turned over to strangers,^(C)
    our homes^(D) to foreigners.^(E)
³We have become fatherless,
    our mothers are widows.^(F)

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Lamentations 5:1-3

New King James Version

Prayer for Restoration

5 Remember, ^(A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold ^(B)our reproach!
²^(C)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
³We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like ^(D)widows.

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Lamentations 5:1-3

English Standard Version

Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord

5 ^(A)Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
    look, and see ^(B)our disgrace!
²^(C)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
    our homes to foreigners.
³We have become orphans, fatherless;
    our mothers are like widows.