Lamentations 5 - World English Bible with Hebrew
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1 Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach. | 1 זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הַבֵּיט הַבִּ֖יטָה וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | |
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens. | 2 נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | |
3 We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows. | 3 יְתֹומִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ אֵין וְאֵ֣ין אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹֽות׃ | |
4 We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us. | 4 מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | |
5 Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest. | 5 עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לֹא וְלֹ֥א הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ | |
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. | 6 מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | |
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities. | 7 אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אֵינָם וְאֵינָ֔ם אֲנַחְנוּ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | |
8 Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand. | 8 עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | |
9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness. | 9 בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | |
10 Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. | 10 עֹורֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפֹ֥ות רָעָֽב׃ | |
11 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. | 11 נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיֹּ֣ון עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ | |
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored. | 12 שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | |
13 The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood. | 13 בַּחוּרִים֙ טְחֹ֣ון נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | |
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. | 14 זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | |
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning. | 15 שָׁבַת֙ מְשֹׂ֣ושׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | |
16 The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned. | 16 נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֹֽוי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | |
17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim; | 17 עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | |
18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it. | 18 עַ֤ל הַר־צִיֹּון֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֹֽו׃ | |
19 You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. | 19 אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעֹולָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹֽור׃ | |
20 Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time? | 20 לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | |
21 Turn you us to you, Yahweh, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old. | 21 הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְנָשׁוּב וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | |
22 But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us. | 22 כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ | |
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