LamentationsJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareLamentations 5Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Lamentations 1Lamentations 2Lamentations 3Lamentations 4Lamentations 5›Lamentations 5ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach. 2Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers. 3We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows. 4We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood. 5We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us. 6We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread. 7Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities. 8Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand. 9We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert. 10Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine. 11They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda. 12The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients. 13They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood. 14The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers. 15The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning. 16The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have sinned. 17Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim. 18For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it. 19But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation. 20Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time? 21Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning. 22But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry with us. ‹Previous chapterLamentations 4Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsLamentations 5 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain