Lamentations 5 - World English Bible with Hebrew

1 Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.

1 זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הַבֵּיט הַבִּ֖יטָה וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃

2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.

2 נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃

3 We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

3 יְתֹומִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ אֵין וְאֵ֣ין אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹֽות׃

4 We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.

4 מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

5 Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

5 עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לֹא וְלֹ֥א הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃

6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

6 מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.

7 אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אֵינָם וְאֵינָ֔ם אֲנַחְנוּ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃

8 Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

8 עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃

9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

9 בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

10 Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

10 עֹורֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפֹ֥ות רָעָֽב׃

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

11 נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיֹּ֣ון עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

12 שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

13 The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

13 בַּחוּרִים֙ טְחֹ֣ון נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

14 זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃

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

15 שָׁבַת֙ מְשֹׂ֣ושׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃

16 The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.

16 נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֹֽוי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃

17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

17 עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.

18 עַ֤ל הַר־צִיֹּון֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֹֽו׃

19 You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

19 אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעֹולָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹֽור׃

20 Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?

20 לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

21 Turn you us to you, Yahweh, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

21 הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְנָשׁוּב וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃

22 But you have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.

22 כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃