Lam.3.40

Let's take a good look at the way we're living and reorder our lives under GOD.

Lam.3.40

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.

Lam.3.40

Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD;

Lam.3.40

Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn again in repentance to the LORD.

Lam.3.41

Let's lift our hearts and hands at one and the same time, praying to God in heaven:

Lam.3.41

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:

Lam.3.41

Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.

Lam.3.41

Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,

Lam.3.42

"We've been contrary and willful, and you haven't forgiven.

Lam.3.42

"We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.

Lam.3.42

We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.

Lam.3.42

"We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us.

Lam.3.43

"You lost your temper with us, holding nothing back. You chased us and cut us down without mercy.

Lam.3.43

"You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.

Lam.3.43

You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.

Lam.3.43

"You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy.

Lam.3.44

You wrapped yourself in thick blankets of clouds so no prayers could get through.

Lam.3.44

You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

Lam.3.44

You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.

Lam.3.44

You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you.

Lam.3.45

You treated us like dirty dishwater, threw us out in the backyard of the nations.

Lam.3.45

You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

Lam.3.45

You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

Lam.3.45

You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations.

Lam.3.46

"Our enemies shout abuse, their mouths full of derision, spitting invective.

Lam.3.46

"All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.

Lam.3.46

All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.

Lam.3.46

"All our enemies have spoken out against us.

Lam.3.47

We've been to hell and back. We've nowhere to turn, nowhere to go.

Lam.3.47

We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction."

Lam.3.47

Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.

Lam.3.47

We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, desolate, and ruined."

Lam.3.48

Rivers of tears pour from my eyes at the smashup of my dear people.

Lam.3.48

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.

Lam.3.48

My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lam.3.48

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because of the destruction of my people!

Lam.3.49

"The tears stream from my eyes, an artesian well of tears,

Lam.3.49

My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,

Lam.3.49

My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption,

Lam.3.49

My tears flow down endlessly. They will not stop

Lam.3.50

Until you, GOD, look down from on high, look and see my tears.

Lam.3.50

until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

Lam.3.50

Till the LORD from heaven Looks down and sees.

Lam.3.50

until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

Lam.3.51

When I see what's happened to the young women in the city, the pain breaks my heart.

Lam.3.51

What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.

Lam.3.51

My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

Lam.3.51

My heart is breaking over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.

Lam.3.52

"Enemies with no reason to be enemies hunted me down like a bird.

Lam.3.52

Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.

Lam.3.52

My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.

Lam.3.52

My enemies, whom I have never harmed, chased me like a bird.

Lam.3.53

They threw me into a pit, then pelted me with stones.

Lam.3.53

They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;

Lam.3.53

They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.

Lam.3.53

They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me.

Lam.3.54

Then the rains came and filled the pit. The water rose over my head. I said, "It's all over.'

Lam.3.54

the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to be cut off.

Lam.3.54

The waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!"

Lam.3.54

The water flowed above my head, and I cried out, "This is the end!"

Lam.3.55

"I called out your name, O GOD, called from the bottom of the pit.

Lam.3.55

I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit.

Lam.3.55

I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit.

Lam.3.55

But I called on your name, LORD, from deep within the well,

Lam.3.56

You listened when I called out, "Don't shut your ears! Get me out of here! Save me!'

Lam.3.56

You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief."

Lam.3.56

You have heard my voice: "Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help."

Lam.3.56

and you heard me! You listened to my pleading; you heard my weeping!

Lam.3.57

You came close when I called out. You said, "It's going to be all right.'

Lam.3.57

You came near when I called you, and you said, "Do not fear."

Lam.3.57

You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, "Do not fear!"

Lam.3.57

Yes, you came at my despairing cry and told me, "Do not fear."

Lam.3.58

"You took my side, Master; you brought me back alive!

Lam.3.58

O Lord, you took up my case; you redeemed my life.

Lam.3.58

O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.

Lam.3.58

Lord, you are my lawyer! Plead my case! For you have redeemed my life.

Lam.3.59

GOD, you saw the wrongs heaped on me. Give me my day in court!

Lam.3.59

You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!

Lam.3.59

O LORD, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.

Lam.3.59

You have seen the wrong they have done to me, LORD. Be my judge, and prove me right.

Lam.3.60

Yes, you saw their mean-minded schemes, their plots to destroy me.

Lam.3.60

You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.

Lam.3.60

You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

Lam.3.60

You have seen the plots my enemies have laid against me.

Lam.3.61

"You heard, GOD, their vicious gossip, their behind-my-back plots to ruin me.

Lam.3.61

O LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me-

Lam.3.61

You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me,

Lam.3.61

LORD, you have heard the vile names they call me. You know all about the plans they have made--

Lam.3.62

They never quit, these enemies of mine, dreaming up mischief, hatching out malice, day after day after day.

Lam.3.62

what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.

Lam.3.62

The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.

Lam.3.62

the plots my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.

Lam.3.63

Sitting down or standing up--just look at them!- they mock me with vulgar doggerel.

Lam.3.63

Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.

Lam.3.63

Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.

Lam.3.63

Look at them! In all their activities, they constantly mock me with their songs.

Lam.3.64

"Make them pay for what they've done, GOD. Give them their just deserts.

Lam.3.64

Pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, for what their hands have done.

Lam.3.64

Repay them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.

Lam.3.64

Pay them back, LORD, for all the evil they have done.

Lam.3.65

Break their miserable hearts! Damn their eyes!

Lam.3.65

Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!

Lam.3.65

Give them a veiled heart; Your curse be upon them!

Lam.3.65

Give them hard and stubborn hearts, and then let your curse fall upon them!

Lam.3.66

Get good and angry. Hunt them down. Make a total demolition here under your heaven!"

Lam.3.66

Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.

Lam.3.66

In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD.

Lam.3.66

Chase them down in your anger, destroying them from beneath the LORD's heavens.

Lam.4.1

Oh, oh, oh... How gold is treated like dirt, the finest gold thrown out with the garbage, Priceless jewels scattered all over, jewels loose in the gutters.

Lam.4.1

How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street.

Lam.4.1

How the gold has become dim! How changed the fine gold! The stones of the sanctuary are scattered At the head of every street.

Lam.4.1

How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!

Lam.4.2

And the people of Zion, once prized, far surpassing their weight in gold, Are now treated like cheap pottery, like everyday pots and bowls mass-produced by a potter.

Lam.4.2

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter's hands!

Lam.4.2

The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter!

Lam.4.2

See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in gold, are now treated like pots of clay.

Lam.4.3

Even wild jackals nurture their babies, give them their breasts to suckle. But my people have turned cruel to their babies, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

Lam.4.3

Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my people have become heartless like ostriches in the desert.

Lam.4.3

Even the jackals present their breasts To nurse their young; But the daughter of my people is cruel, Like ostriches in the wilderness.

Lam.4.3

Even the jackals feed their young, but not my people Israel. They ignore their children's cries, like the ostriches of the desert.

Lam.4.4

Babies have nothing to drink. Their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. Little children ask for bread but no one gives them so much as a crust.

Lam.4.4

Because of thirst the infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

Lam.4.4

The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for thirst; The young children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.

Lam.4.4

The parched tongues of their little ones stick with thirst to the roofs of their mouths. The children cry for bread, but no one has any to give them.

Lam.4.5

People used to the finest cuisine forage for food in the streets. People used to the latest in fashions pick through the trash for something to wear.

Lam.4.5

Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those nurtured in purple now lie on ash heaps.

Lam.4.5

Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.

Lam.4.5

The people who once ate only the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once lived in palaces now search the garbage pits for food.

Lam.4.6

The evil guilt of my dear people was worse than the sin of Sodom--The city was destroyed in a flash, and no one around to help.

Lam.4.6

The punishment of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment without a hand turned to help her.

Lam.4.6

The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her!

Lam.4.6

The guilt of my people is greater than that of Sodom, where utter disaster struck in a moment with no one to help them.

Lam.4.7

The splendid and sacred nobles once glowed with health. Their bodies were robust and ruddy, their beards like carved stone.

Lam.4.7

Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

Lam.4.7

Her Nazirites were brighter than snow And whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, Like sapphire in their appearance.

Lam.4.7

Our princes were once glowing with health; they were as clean as snow and as elegant as jewels.

Lam.4.8

But now they are smeared with soot, unrecognizable in the street, Their bones sticking out, their skin dried out like old leather.

Lam.4.8

But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

Lam.4.8

Now their appearance is blacker than soot; They go unrecognized in the streets; Their skin clings to their bones, It has become as dry as wood.

Lam.4.8

But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one even recognizes them. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is as dry and hard as wood.

Lam.4.9

Better to have been killed in battle than killed by starvation. Better to have died of battle wounds than to slowly starve to death.

Lam.4.9

Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field.

Lam.4.9

Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.

Lam.4.9

Those killed by the sword are far better off than those who die of hunger, wasting away for want of food.

Lam.4.10

Nice and kindly women boiled their own children for supper. This was the only food in town when my dear people were broken.

Lam.4.10

With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.

Lam.4.10

The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children; They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lam.4.10

Tenderhearted women have cooked their own children and eaten them in order to survive the siege.

Lam.4.11

GOD let all his anger loose, held nothing back. He poured out his raging wrath. He set a fire in Zion that burned it to the ground.

Lam.4.11

The LORD has given full vent to his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.

Lam.4.11

The LORD has fulfilled His fury, He has poured out His fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, And it has devoured its foundations.

Lam.4.11

But now the anger of the LORD is satisfied. His fiercest anger has now been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned the city to its foundations.

Lam.4.12

The kings of the earth couldn't believe it. World rulers were in shock, Watching old enemies march in big as you please, right through Jerusalem's gates.

Lam.4.12

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the world's people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

Lam.4.12

The kings of the earth, And all inhabitants of the world, Would not have believed That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem--

Lam.4.12

Not a king in all the earth--no one in all the world--would have believed an enemy could march through the gates of Jerusalem.

Lam.4.13

Because of the sins of her prophets and the evil of her priests, Who exploited good and trusting people, robbing them of their lives,

Lam.4.13

But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.

Lam.4.13

Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in her midst The blood of the just.

Lam.4.13

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.

Lam.4.14

These prophets and priests blindly grope their way through the streets, grimy and stained from their dirty lives, Wasted by their wasted lives, shuffling from fatigue, dressed in rags.

Lam.4.14

Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.

Lam.4.14

They wandered blind in the streets; They have defiled themselves with blood, So that no one would touch their garments.

Lam.4.14

They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared to touch them.

Lam.4.15

People yell at them, "Get out of here, dirty old men! Get lost, don't touch us, don't infect us!" They have to leave town. They wander off. Nobody wants them to stay here. Everyone knows, wherever they wander, that they've been kicked out of their own hometown.

Lam.4.15

"Go away! You are unclean!" men cry to them. "Away! Away! Don't touch us!" When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, "They can stay here no longer."

Lam.4.15

They cried out to them, "Go away, unclean! Go away, go away, Do not touch us!" When they fled and wandered, Those among the nations said, "They shall no longer dwell here."

Lam.4.15

"Get away!" the people shouted at them. "You are defiled! Don't touch us!" So they fled to distant lands and wandered there among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.

Lam.4.16

GOD himself scattered them. No longer does he look out for them. He has nothing to do with the priests; he cares nothing for the elders.

Lam.4.16

The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.

Lam.4.16

The face of the LORD scattered them; He no longer regards them. The people do not respect the priests Nor show favor to the elders.

Lam.4.16

The LORD himself has scattered them, and he no longer helps them. The priests and leaders are no longer honored and respected.

Lam.4.17

We watched and watched, wore our eyes out looking for help. And nothing. We mounted our lookouts and looked for the help that never showed up.

Lam.4.17

Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

Lam.4.17

Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.

Lam.4.17

We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could offer no help at all.

Lam.4.18

They tracked us down, those hunters. It wasn't safe to go out in the street. Our end was near, our days numbered. We were doomed.

Lam.4.18

Men stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.

Lam.4.18

They tracked our steps So that we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near; Our days were over, For our end had come.

Lam.4.18

We couldn't go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end was near; our days were numbered. We were doomed!

Lam.4.19

They came after us faster than eagles in flight, pressed us hard in the mountains, ambushed us in the desert.

Lam.4.19

Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.

Lam.4.19

Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the heavens. They pursued us on the mountains And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Lam.4.19

Our enemies were swifter than the eagles. If we fled to the mountains, they found us. If we hid in the wilderness, they were waiting for us there.

Lam.4.20

Our king, our life's breath, the anointed of GOD, was caught in their traps--Our king under whose protection we always said we'd live.

Lam.4.20

The LORD's anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.

Lam.4.20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, Was caught in their pits, Of whom we said, "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations."

Lam.4.20

Our king, the LORD's anointed, the very life of our nation, was caught in their snares. We had foolishly boasted that under his protection we could hold our own against any nation on earth!

Lam.4.21

Celebrate while you can, O Edom! Live it up in Uz! For it won't be long before you drink this cup, too. You'll find out what it's like to drink God's wrath, Get drunk on God's wrath and wake up with nothing, stripped naked.

Lam.4.21

Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.

Lam.4.21

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, You who dwell in the land of Uz! The cup shall also pass over to you And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.

Lam.4.21

Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD's anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.

Lam.4.22

And that's it for you, Zion. The punishment's complete. You won't have to go through this exile again. But Edom, your time is coming: He'll punish your evil life, put all your sins on display.

Lam.4.22

O Daughter of Zion, your punishment will end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O Daughter of Edom, he will punish your sin and expose your wickedness.

Lam.4.22

The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins!

Lam.4.22

O Jerusalem, your punishment will end; you will soon return from exile. But Edom, your punishment is just beginning; soon your many sins will be revealed.

Lam.5.1

"Remember, GOD, all we've been through. Study our plight, the black mark we've made in history.

Lam.5.1

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.

Lam.5.1

Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!

Lam.5.1

LORD, remember everything that has happened to us. See all the sorrows we bear!

Lam.5.2

Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers.

Lam.5.2

Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.

Lam.5.2

Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.

Lam.5.2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.

Lam.5.3

Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows.

Lam.5.3

We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows.

Lam.5.3

We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.

Lam.5.3

We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.

Lam.5.4

We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price.

Lam.5.4

We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

Lam.5.4

We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.

Lam.5.4

We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.

Lam.5.5

We're nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest.

Lam.5.5

Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.

Lam.5.5

They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.

Lam.5.5

Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.

Lam.5.6

We sold ourselves to Assyria and Egypt just to get something to eat.

Lam.5.6

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Lam.5.6

We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Lam.5.6

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.

Lam.5.7

Our parents sinned and are no more, and now we're paying for the wrongs they did.

Lam.5.7

Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.

Lam.5.7

Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.

Lam.5.7

It was our ancestors who sinned, but they died before the hand of judgment fell. We have suffered the punishment they deserved!

Lam.5.8

Slaves rule over us; there's no escape from their grip.

Lam.5.8

Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands.

Lam.5.8

Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.

Lam.5.8

Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us.

Lam.5.9

We risk our lives to gather food in the bandit-infested desert.

Lam.5.9

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.

Lam.5.9

We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.

Lam.5.9

We must hunt for food in the wilderness at the risk of our lives.

Lam.5.10

Our skin has turned black as an oven, dried out like old leather from the famine.

Lam.5.10

Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.

Lam.5.10

Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.

Lam.5.10

Because of the famine, our skin has been blackened as though baked in an oven.

Lam.5.11

Our wives were raped in the streets in Zion, and our virgins in the cities of Judah.

Lam.5.11

Women have been ravished in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.

Lam.5.11

They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.

Lam.5.11

Our enemies rape the women and young girls in Jerusalem and throughout the towns of Judah.

Lam.5.12

They hanged our princes by their hands, dishonored our elders.

Lam.5.12

Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

Lam.5.12

Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.

Lam.5.12

Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and the old men are treated with contempt.

Lam.5.13

Strapping young men were put to women's work, mere boys forced to do men's work.

Lam.5.13

Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

Lam.5.13

Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.

Lam.5.13

The young men are led away to work at millstones, and the children stagger under heavy loads of wood.

Lam.5.14

The city gate is empty of wise elders. Music from the young is heard no more.

Lam.5.14

The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

Lam.5.14

The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.

Lam.5.14

The old men no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.

Lam.5.15

All the joy is gone from our hearts. Our dances have turned into dirges.

Lam.5.15

Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lam.5.15

The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.

Lam.5.15

The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Lam.5.16

The crown of glory has toppled from our head. Woe! Woe! Would that we'd never sinned!

Lam.5.16

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Lam.5.16

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Lam.5.16

The garlands have fallen from our heads. Disaster has fallen upon us because we have sinned.

Lam.5.17

Because of all this we're heartsick; we can't see through the tears.

Lam.5.17

Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim

Lam.5.17

Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;

Lam.5.17

Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.

Lam.5.18

On Mount Zion, wrecked and ruined, jackals pace and prowl.

Lam.5.18

for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

Lam.5.18

Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.

Lam.5.18

For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.

Lam.5.19

And yet, GOD, you're sovereign still, your throne intact and eternal.

Lam.5.19

You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

Lam.5.19

You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.

Lam.5.19

But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.

Lam.5.20

So why do you keep forgetting us? Why dump us and leave us like this?

Lam.5.20

Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?

Lam.5.20

Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?

Lam.5.20

Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you forsaken us for so long?

Lam.5.21

Bring us back to you, GOD-we're ready to come back. Give us a fresh start.

Lam.5.21

Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old

Lam.5.21

Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,

Lam.5.21

Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had!

Lam.5.22

As it is, you've cruelly disowned us. You've been so very angry with us."

Lam.5.22

unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

Lam.5.22

Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!

Lam.5.22

Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?