Thematic Bible

Lamentations 5:1

Yahweh, remember what has happened to us.
Look, and see our disgrace!

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to foreigners.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 5:3

We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are widows.

Lamentations 5:4

We must pay for the water we drink;
our wood comes at a price.

Lamentations 5:5

We are closely pursued;
we are tired, and no one offers us rest.

Lamentations 5:6

We made a treaty with Egypt
and with Assyria, to get enough food.

Lamentations 5:7

Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist,
but we bear their punishment.

Lamentations 5:8

Slaves rule over us;
no one rescues us from their hands.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 5:9

We secure our food at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the wilderness.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is as hot as an oven
from the ravages of hunger.

Lamentations 5:11

Women are raped in Zion,
girls in the cities of Judah.

Lamentations 5:12

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.

Lamentations 5:13

Young men labor at millstones;
boys stumble under loads of wood.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have left the city gate,
the young men, their music.

Lamentations 5:15

Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 5:17

Because of this, our heart is sick;
because of these, our eyes grow dim:
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 5:18

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate
and has jackals prowling in it.

Lamentations 5:19

You, Lord, are enthroned forever;
Your throne endures from generation to generation.

Lamentations 5:20

Why have You forgotten us forever,
abandoned us for our entire lives?
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 5:21

Lord, restore us to Yourself, so we may return;
renew our days as in former times,

Lamentations 5:22

unless You have completely rejected us
and are intensely angry with us.
No Themes for this verse.