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Lamentations 5
1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
22unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
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Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Lamentations 5:1, 16, 17, 19–22
Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace! / The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! / Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
Alliances: Ratification of by Giving the Hand Lamentations 5:6
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Armies: Exercised Savage Cruelties on the Vanquished Lamentations 5:11–13
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. / Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect. / Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Assyria: Israelites Subject To Lamentations 5:6
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Backsliding: Pray to be Restored From Lamentations 5:21
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
Captive: Cruelty to Ravished Lamentations 5:11–13
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. / Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect. / Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Conversion: Pray For Lamentations 5:21
Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
Covenant of Men with Men by Giving the Hand Lamentations 5:6
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Dancing: General Scriptures Concerning Lamentations 5:15
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Lamentations 5:22
unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
Doubting: General Scriptures Concerning Lamentations 5:20
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
Famine: Caused: Blackness of the Skin Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
Famine: Sent As a Judgment Lamentations 5:4, 5, 10
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. / We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest. / Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
Fatherless: A Type of Zion in Affliction Lamentations 5:3
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
God: Eternity of Lamentations 5:19
You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
God: Sovereign Lamentations 5:19
You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
Government: Municipal: Devolving Upon a Local Senate and Executive officers Lamentations 5:14
The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
Hand: Clasping of, in Token of Contract Lamentations 5:6
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Judgments: Inflicted Upon: Posterity of Sinners Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
Mill: And Captives Lamentations 5:13
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Mills: Male Captives often Employed At Lamentations 5:13
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
Money: Silver Used As Lamentations 5:4
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
Nation: Prayer For Lamentations 5:1
Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
Orphan: A Figure of Zion in Affliction Lamentations 5:3
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
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