Lamentations of Jeremiah 5

Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 1. ¹“O Lord, remember what happened to us; Look upon us with favor And see our disgrace. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 2. ²Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners, And our homes to strangers. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 3. ³We have become orphans and have no father; Our mothers are as widows. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 4. ⁴“We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 5. ⁵We are pursued at our heels; We have labored; We have no rest. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 6. ⁶Egypt gave us a hand, Assyria to their satisfaction. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 7. ⁷“Our fathers sinned and are no more; We suffered from their lawless actions. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 8. ⁸Servants rule over us; There is no one to redeem us from their hand. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 9. ⁹We will bring in our bread At the risk of our lives From the presence of the sword in the desert. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 10. ¹⁰“Our skin has became blackened as an oven. They are shriveled up from the stormy wind of famine. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 11. ¹¹They humbled the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 12. ¹²Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not honored. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 13. ¹³The chosen men took up weeping, And the young men weakened under the loads of wood. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 14. ¹⁴Elders also ceased to gather at the gate; The chosen men ceased to sing their psalms. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 15. ¹⁵“The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 16. ¹⁶The crown fell from our head; Woe to us, because we sinned! Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 17. ¹⁷Because of this, our heart has become painful; Because of this, our eyes have remained in darkness. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 18. ¹⁸On Mount Zion, because it is desolate, Foxes pass through it. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 19. ¹⁹“But You, O Lord, shall dwell forever, Your throne from generation to generation. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 20. ²⁰Why will You utterly forget us? Will You forsake us for so long a time? Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 21. ²¹Turn us back to You, O Lord, And we shall be converted; Renew our days as before. Lamentations of Jeremiah 5, verse 22. ²²For You have indeed rejected us, And are exceedingly angry with us.”