Lamentations 5
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The Jewish nation supplicating the holy favour
Verse 1
WEB Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.
KJV Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
TSK Remember: la 1:20, la 2:20, la 3:19, ne 1:8, job 7:7, job 10:9, jer 15:15, hab 3:2, lu 23:42; behold: la 2:15, la 3:61, ne 1:3, ne 4:4, ps 44:13-16, ps 74:10,11, ps 79:4,12, ps 89:50,51, ps 123:3,4
Verse 2
WEB Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
KJV Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
TSK Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.: de 28:30-68, ps 79:1,2, isa 1:7, isa 5:17, isa 63:18, jer 6:12, eze 7:21,24, zep 1:13
Verse 4
WEB We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.
KJV We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
TSK have: de 28:48, isa 3:1, eze 4:9-17
Verse 5
WEB Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
KJV Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
TSK Our necks are under persecution: la 1:14, la 4:19, de 28:48,65,66, jer 27:2,8,11,12, jer 28:14, mt 11:29, ac 15:10; labour: ne 9:36,37
Verse 6
WEB We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
KJV We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
TSK given: ge 24:2, 2ki 10:15, jer 50:15, eze 17:18; to the Egyptians: isa 30:1-6, isa 31:1-3, isa 57:9, jer 2:18,36, jer 44:12-14, ho 5:13, ho 7:11, ho 9:3, ho 12:1
Verse 7
WEB Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.
KJV Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
TSK fathers: ex 20:5, jer 16:12, jer 31:29, eze 18:2, mt 23:32-36; and are: ge 42:13,36, job 7:8,21, jer 31:15, zec 1:5
Verse 9
WEB We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
KJV We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
TSK We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.: jud 6:11, 2sa 23:17, jer 40:9-12, jer 41:1-10,18, jer 42:14,16, eze 4:16,17, eze 12:18,19
Verse 12
WEB Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
KJV Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
TSK Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.: la 2:10,20, la 4:16, isa 47:6, jer 39:6,7, jer 52:10,11,25-27
Verse 14
WEB The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
KJV The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
TSK elders: la 1:4,19, la 2:10, de 16:18, job 29:7-17, job 30:1, isa 3:2,3; the young: job 30:31, isa 24:7-11, jer 7:34, jer 16:9, jer 25:10, eze 26:13, re 18:22
Verse 15
WEB The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
KJV The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
TSK our dance: ps 30:11, am 6:4-7, am 8:10, jas 4:9,10
Verse 16
WEB The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.
KJV The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
TSK The crown: la 1:1, job 19:9, ps 89:39, jer 13:18, eze 21:26, re 2:10, re 3:11; woe: la 1:8,18, la 2:1, la 4:13, pr 14:34, isa 3:9-11, jer 2:17,19, jer 4:18, eze 7:17-22, eze 22:12-16, 2pe 2:4-6
Verse 17
WEB For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
KJV For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
TSK our heart: la 1:13,22, le 26:36, isa 1:5, jer 8:18, jer 46:5, eze 21:7,15, mic 6:13; our eyes: la 2:11, de 28:65, job 17:7, ps 6:7, ps 31:9, ps 69:3, isa 38:14
Verse 19
WEB You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
KJV Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
TSK remainest: de 33:27, ps 9:7, ps 10:16, ps 29:10, ps 90:2, ps 102:12,25-27, hab 1:12, 1ti 1:17, 1ti 6:15,16, heb 1:10-12, heb 13:8, re 1:4,8,17,18; thy throne: ps 45:6, ps 145:13, ps 146:10, da 2:44, da 7:14,27, heb 1:8,9
Verse 20
WEB Why do you forget us forever, And forsake us so long time?
KJV Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
TSK dost: ps 13:1, ps 44:24, ps 74:1, ps 77:7-10, ps 79:5, ps 85:5, ps 89:46, ps 94:3,4, isa 64:9-12, jer 14:19-21
Verse 21
WEB Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we shall be turned. Renew our days as of old.
KJV Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
TSK Turn: 1ki 18:37, ps 80:3,7,19, ps 85:4, jer 31:18, jer 32:39,40, eze 11:19,20, eze 36:25-27,37, hab 3:2; renew: jer 31:4,23-25, jer 33:10,13, zec 8:3-6, mal 3:4
Verse 22
WEB But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.
KJV But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
TSK But thou hast utterly rejected us: ps 44:9, ps 60:1,2, jer 15:1-5, eze 37:11, ho 1:6