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Lamentations 5:1 (show verse)
Remember, O Yahweh, what has become of us; take note, and see our disgrace!
Lamentations 5:2 (show verse)
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses, to foreigners.
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Lamentations 5:3 (show verse)
We have become orphans, fatherless, our mothers are like widows.
Lamentations 5:4 (show verse)
{We pay for water with money}, our wood comes [to us] at a price.
Lamentations 5:5 (show verse)
We are driven on our necks; we are weary, there is no rest for us.
Lamentations 5:6 (show verse)
We have made a deal with Egypt [and] Assyria to be satisfied [with] food.
Lamentations 5:7 (show verse)
Our fathers have sinned, they are no more; we bear their iniquity.
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Heredity » General references to
Judgments » Inflicted upon » Posterity of sinners
Parents » Curses entailed
Parents » Sins of, visited on their children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Heredity » General references to
Judgments » Inflicted upon » Posterity of sinners
Parents » Curses entailed
Parents » Sins of, visited on their children
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Punishment » Entailed » Upon children
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Lamentations 5:8 (show verse)
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
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Lamentations 5:9 (show verse)
{We risk our life for food} because of the sword of the desert.
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Lamentations 5:10 (show verse)
Our skin is hot like an oven because of the scorching famine.
Lamentations 5:11 (show verse)
They raped women in Zion, young women in the cities of Judah.
Lamentations 5:12 (show verse)
They hang princes by their hand; they do not show respect before elders.
Lamentations 5:13 (show verse)
Young men must carry a hand-mill and boys stumble under the wood.
Lamentations 5:14 (show verse)
Elders are no longer at the gate, young men no longer play stringed instruments.
Lamentations 5:15 (show verse)
The joy of our hearts has stopped; our circle-dancing has changed to a mourning ceremony.
Lamentations 5:16 (show verse)
The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
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Lamentations 5:17 (show verse)
Because of this, our heart has become faint, because of these, our eyes have become dim.
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Lamentations 5:18 (show verse)
Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, {foxes tread on it}.
Lamentations 5:19 (show verse)
You, O Yahweh, will sit forever [on] your throne for generation to generation.
Lamentations 5:20 (show verse)
Why have you forgotten us forever? Why have you forsaken us {for so long}?
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Lamentations 5:21 (show verse)
Restore us to you, O Yahweh, that we will be restored; renew our days as of old.
Lamentations 5:22 (show verse)
Unless you have utterly rejected us, unless you are angry with us beyond measure.
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