A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.
 5:1 ¶
Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach. |
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 5:1 ¶
Remember,ºº
O Yahweh,º
whatº
is comeº
upon us: consider,ºº
and beholdººº
our reproach.º |
 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers: |
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 5:2
Our inheritanceº
is turnedºº
to strangers,ºº
our housesº
to aliens.º |
 5:3
we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows. |
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 5:3
We areº
orphansº
and fatherless,ºº
our mothersº
[are] as widows.º |
 5:4
We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us [for a burden] on our neck: |
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 5:4
We have drunkenºº
our waterº
for money;º
our woodº
is soldººº
unto us. |
 5:5
we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest. |
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 5:5
Our necksº
[are] underº
persecution:ºº
we labour,ºº
[and] have no rest.ººº |
 5:6
Mizraim{gr.Egypt} gave the hand [to us], Asshur{gr.Assur} to their own satisfaction. |
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 5:6
We have givenºº
the handº
[to] the Egyptians,º
[and to] the Assyrians,º
to be satisfiedºº
with bread.º |
 5:7
Our fathers sinned, [and] are not: we have borne their iniquities. |
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 5:7
Our fathersº
have sinned,ºº
[and are] not;º
and weº
have borneºº
their iniquities.º |
 5:8
Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom [us] out of their hand. |
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 5:8
Servantsº
have ruledºº
overº
us: [there is] noneº
that doth deliverºº
[us] out of their hand.ºº |
 5:9
We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness. |
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 5:9
We gatºº
our breadº
with [the peril of] our livesº
becauseº
ofºº
the swordº
of the wilderness.º |
 5:10
Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine. |
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 5:10
Our skinº
was blackºº
like an ovenº
becauseº
ofºº
the terribleº
famine.º |
 5:11
They humbled the women in Zion{gr.Sion}, the virgins in the cities of Judah{gr.Juda}. |
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 5:11
They ravishedºº
the womenº
in Zion,º
[and] the maidsº
in the citiesº
of Judah.º |
 5:12
Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honoured. |
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 5:12
Princesº
are hanged upºº
by their hand:º
the facesº
of eldersº
were notº
honoured.ºº |
 5:13
The chosen men lifted up [the voice in] weeping, and the youths fainted under the wood. |
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 5:13
They tookºº
the young menº
to grind,º
and the childrenº
fellºº
under the wood.º |
 5:14
And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music. |
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 5:14
The eldersº
have ceasedºº
from the gate,ºº
the young menº
from their musick.ºº |
 5:15
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. |
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 5:15
The joyº
of our heartº
is ceased;ºº
our danceº
is turnedºº
into mourning.º |
 5:16
The crown has fallen [from] our head: yea, woe to us! for we have sinned. |
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 5:16
The crownº
is fallenºº
[from] our head:º
woeº
unto us, thatº
we have sinned!ºº |
 5:17
For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened. |
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 5:17
Forº
thisº
our heartº
isº
faint;º
forº
theseº
[things] our eyesº
are dim.ºº |
 5:18
Over the mountain of Zion{gr.Sion}, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein. |
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 5:18
Because ofº
the mountainº
of Zion,º
whichº
is desolate,ºº
the foxesº
walkºº
upon it. |
 5:19
But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell for ever; thy throne [shall endure] to generation and generation. |
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 5:19
Thou,º
O Yahweh,º
remainestºº
for ever;º
thy throneº
from generationº
to generation.º |
 5:20
Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us, and abandon us a long time? |
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 5:20
Whereforeº
dost thou forgetºº
us for ever,º
[and] forsakeºº
us so longº
time?º |
 5:21
Turn us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before. |
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 5:21
Turnºº
thou us untoº
thee, O Yahweh,º
and we shall be turned;ºº
renewºº
our daysº
as of old.º |
 5:22
For thou hast indeed rejected us; thou hast been very wroth against us. |
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 5:22
Butºº
thou hast utterlyºº
rejectedºº
us; thou art veryº
wrothºººº
againstº
us. |