Lamentations 5
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The Jewish nation supplicating the holy favour | ||
| Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame. | Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach. | |
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 |
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| Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen. | Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens. | |
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 |
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| We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows. | We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows. | |
Verse 3 WEB We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows. KJV We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. TSK We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.: ex 22:24, jer 18:21, ho 14:3 |
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| We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price. | We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us. | |
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 |
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| Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest. | Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest. | |
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 |
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| We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread. | We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. | |
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 |
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| Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us. | Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities. | |
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 |
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| Servants are ruling over us, and there is no one to make us free from their hands. | Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand. | |
Verse 8 WEB Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand. KJV Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. TSK Servants: ge 9:25, de 28:43, ne 2:19, ne 5:15, pr 30:22; there: job 5:4, job 10:7, ps 7:2, ps 50:22, isa 43:13, ho 2:10, zec 11:6 |
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| We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land. | We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness. | |
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 |
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| Our skin is heated like an oven because of our burning heat from need of food. | Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. | |
Verse 10 WEB Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. KJV Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. |
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| They took by force the women in Zion, the virgins in the towns of Judah. | They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. | |
Verse 11 WEB They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. KJV They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. TSK They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.: de 28:30, isa 13:16, zec 14:2 |
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| Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured. | Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored. | |
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 |
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| The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood. | The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood. | |
Verse 13 WEB The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood. KJV They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. TSK the young: ex 11:5, jud 16:21, job 31:10, isa 47:2; fell: ex 1:11, ex 2:11, ex 23:5, ne 5:1-5, isa 58:6, mt 23:4 |
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| The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end. | The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. | |
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 |
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| The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow. | The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning. | |
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 |
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| The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners. | The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned. | |
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 |
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| Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark; | For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim; | |
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 |
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| Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it. | For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it. | |
Verse 18 WEB For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it. KJV Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. TSK of the: la 2:8,9, 1ki 9:7,8, ps 74:2,3, jer 17:3, jer 26:9, jer 52:13, mic 3:12; the foxes: isa 32:13,14, jer 9:11 |
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| You, O Lord, are seated as King for ever; the seat of your power is eternal. | You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. | |
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 |
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| Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long? | Why do you forget us forever, And forsake us so long time? | |
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 |
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| Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past. | Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we shall be turned. Renew our days as of old. | |
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 |
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| But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us. | But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us. | |
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 |
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