A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.
5:1 ¶
Remember,°°
O
Yähwè
יָהוֶה,°
what°
is come°
upon us: consider,°°
and behold°°°
our reproach.° |
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5:1 ¶
Remember, O Yahweh, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. |
5:2
Our inheritance°
is turned°°
to strangers,°°
our houses°
to aliens.° |
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5:2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. |
5:3
We are°
orphans°
and fatherless,°°
our mothers°
[are] as widows.° |
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5:3
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. |
5:4
We have drunken°°
our water°
for money;°
our wood°
is sold°°°
unto us. |
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5:4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. |
5:5
Our necks°
[are] under°
persecution:°°
we labour,°°
[and] have no rest.°°° |
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5:5
Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. |
5:6
We have given°°
the hand°
[to] the
Mixrîm
מִצרִים,°
[and to] the
´Aššûrîm
אַשּׁוּרִים,°
to be satisfied°°
with bread.° |
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5:6
We have given the hand [to] the Mitzrim, [and to] the Ashshurim, to be satisfied with bread. |
5:7
Our fathers°
have sinned,°°
[and are] not;°
and we°
have borne°°
their iniquities.° |
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5:7
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities. |
5:8
Servants°
have ruled°°
over°
us: [there is] none°
that doth deliver°°
[us] out of their hand.°° |
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5:8
Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand. |
5:9
We gat°°
our bread°
with [the peril of] our lives°
because°
of°°
the sword°
of the wilderness.° |
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5:9
We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. |
5:10
Our skin°
was black°°
like an oven°
because°
of°°
the terrible°
famine.° |
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5:10
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. |
5:11
They ravished°°
the women°
in
Xiyyôn
צִיּוֹן,°
[and] the maids°
in the cities°
of
Yæhûđà
יְהוּדָה.° |
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5:11
They ravished the women in Tziyyon, [and] the maids in the cities of Yehudah. |
5:12
Princes°
are hanged up°°
by their hand:°
the faces°
of elders°
were not°
honoured.°° |
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5:12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. |
5:13
They took°°
the young men°
to grind,°
and the children°
fell°°
under the wood.° |
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5:13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. |
5:14
The elders°
have ceased°°
from the gate,°°
the young men°
from their musick.°° |
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5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. |
5:15
The joy°
of our heart°
is ceased;°°
our dance°
is turned°°
into mourning.° |
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5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. |
5:16
The crown°
is fallen°°
[from] our head:°
woe°
unto us, that°
we have sinned!°° |
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5:16
The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! |
5:17
For°
this°
our heart°
is°
faint;°
for°
these°
[things] our eyes°
are dim.°° |
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5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim. |
5:18
Because of°
the mountain°
of
Xiyyôn
צִיּוֹן,°
which°
is desolate,°°
the foxes°
walk°°
upon it. |
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5:18
Because of the mountain of Tziyyon, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. |
5:19
Thou,°
O
Yähwè
יָהוֶה,°
remainest°°
for ever;°
thy throne°
from generation°
to generation.° |
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5:19
Thou, O Yahweh, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. |
5:20
Wherefore°
dost thou forget°°
us for ever,°
[and] forsake°°
us so long°
time?° |
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5:20
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time? |
5:21
Turn°°
thou us unto°
thee, O
Yähwè
יָהוֶה,°
and we shall be turned;°°
renew°°
our days°
as of old.° |
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5:21
Turn thou us unto thee, O Yahweh, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. |
5:22
But°°
thou hast utterly°°
rejected°°
us; thou art very°
wroth°°°°
against°
us. |
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5:22
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. |