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1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
21 Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

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Hebrew interlinear — Lamentations 5:1–22 (144 words)
1
  1. זְכֹ֤רzĕkōrzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
  2. יְהוָה֙yĕhwāhYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. מֶֽהmemah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  4. הָ֣יָהhāyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  5. לָ֔נוּlānû
  6. הַבִּ֖יטָhabbîṭānabat: to scan, i.e. look intently at; (by implication) to regard with pleasure, favor or careH5027
  7. וּרְאֵ֥הûrĕʾēra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  8. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  9. חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ḥerpātēnûcherpah: contumely, disgrace, the pudendaH2781
2
  1. נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙naḥălātēnûnachalah: (properly) something inherited; (abstractly) occupancyH5159
  2. נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣הnehepkâhaphak: to turn about or over; (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervertH2015
  3. לְזָרִ֔יםlĕzārîmzuwr: to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profaneH2114
  4. בָּתֵּ֖ינוּbottênûbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  5. לְנָכְרִֽים׃lĕnokrîmnokriy: strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)H5237
3
  1. יְתוֹמִ֤יםyĕtômîmyathowm: a bereaved personH3490
  2. הָיִ֙ינוּ֙hāyînûhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  3. אֵ֣יןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  4. אָ֔בʾābab: fatherH1
  5. אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּʾimmōtênûem: a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like H0001H517
  6. כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃kĕʾalmānôtalmanah: a widow; (also) a desolate placeH490
4
  1. מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙mêmênûmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
  2. בְּכֶ֣סֶףbĕkesepkeceph: silver (from its pale color); (by implication) moneyH3701
  3. שָׁתִ֔ינוּšātînûshathah: to imbibe (literally or figuratively)H8354
  4. עֵצֵ֖ינוּʿēṣênû`ets: a tree (from its firmness); (hence) wood (plural sticks)H6086
  5. בִּמְחִ֥ירbimḥîrmchiyr: price, payment, wagesH4242
  6. יָבֹֽאוּ׃yābōʾûbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
5
  1. עַ֤לʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ṣawwāʾrēnûtsavva'r: the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)H6677
  3. נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּnirdāpĕnûradaph: to run after (usually with hostile intentH7291
  4. יָגַ֖עְנוּyāgaʿnûyaga`: (properly) to gasp; (hence) to be exhausted, to tire, to toilH3021
  5. לֹ֥אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. הֽוּנַֽחhûnaḥnuwach: to rest, i.e. settle downH5117
  7. לָֽנוּ׃lānû
6
  1. מִצְרַ֙יִם֙miṣrayimMitsrayim: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptH4714
  2. נָתַ֣נּוּnātannûnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  3. יָ֔דyādyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  4. אַשּׁ֖וּרʾaššûrAshshuwr: Ashshur, the second son of ShemH804
  5. לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽliśbōʿasaba`: to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)H7646
  6. לָֽחֶם׃lāḥemlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
7
  1. אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּʾăbōtênûab: fatherH1
  2. חָֽטְאוּ֙ḥāṭĕʾûchata': (properly) to miss; (hence, figuratively and generally) to sinH2398
  3. אֵינָ֔םʾênāmayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  4. אֲנַ֖חְנוּʾănaḥnûanachnuw: weH587
  5. עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥םʿăwōnōtêhem`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
  6. סָבָֽלְנוּ׃sābālĕnûcabal: to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensomeH5445
8
  1. עֲבָדִים֙ʿăbādîm`ebed: a servantH5650
  2. מָ֣שְׁלוּmāšĕlûmashal: to ruleH4910
  3. בָ֔נוּbānû
  4. פֹּרֵ֖קpōrēqparaq: to break off or crunch; (figuratively) to deliverH6561
  5. אֵ֥יןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  6. מִיָּדָֽם׃miyyādāmyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
9
  1. בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙bĕnapšēnûnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  2. נָבִ֣יאnābîʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  3. לַחְמֵ֔נוּlaḥmēnûlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
  4. מִפְּנֵ֖יmippĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  5. חֶ֥רֶבḥerebchereb: drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementH2719
  6. הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃hammidbārmidbar: a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven)H4057
10
  1. עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ʿôrēnû`owr: skin (as naked); (by implication) hide, leatherH5785
  2. כְּתַנּ֣וּרkĕtannûrtannuwr: a fire-potH8574
  3. נִכְמָ֔רוּnikmārûkamar: (properly) to intertwine or contract; (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat)H3648
  4. מִפְּנֵ֖יmippĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  5. זַלְעֲפ֥וֹתzalʿăpôtzal`aphah: a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)H2152
  6. רָעָֽב׃rāʿābra`ab: hunger (more or less extensive)H7458
11
  1. נָשִׁים֙nāšîmishshah: irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582)H802
  2. בְּצִיּ֣וֹןbĕṣiyyônTsiyown: Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemH6726
  3. עִנּ֔וּʿinnû`anah: to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)H6031
  4. בְּתֻלֹ֖תbĕtulōtbthuwlah: a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a brideH1330
  5. בְּעָרֵ֥יbĕʿārê`iyr: a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)H5892
  6. יְהוּדָֽה׃yĕhûdâYhuwdah: celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five IsraelitesH3063
12
  1. שָׂרִים֙śārîmsar: a head person (of any rank or class)H8269
  2. בְּיָדָ֣םbĕyādāmyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  3. נִתְל֔וּnitlûtalah: to suspend (especially to gibbet)H8518
  4. פְּנֵ֥יpĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  5. זְקֵנִ֖יםzĕqēnîmzaqen: oldH2205
  6. לֹ֥אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃nehdārûhadar: to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive)H1921
13
  1. בַּחוּרִים֙baḥûrîmbachuwr: (properly) selected; a youth (often collective)H970
  2. טְח֣וֹןṭĕḥôntchown: a hand mill; (hence) a millstoneH2911
  3. נָשָׂ֔אוּnāśāʾûnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
  4. וּנְעָרִ֖יםûnĕʿārîmna`ar: (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288
  5. בָּעֵ֥ץbāʿēṣ`ets: a tree (from its firmness); (hence) wood (plural sticks)H6086
  6. כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃kāšālûkashal: to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle)H3782
14
  1. זְקֵנִים֙zĕqēnîmzaqen: oldH2205
  2. מִשַּׁ֣עַרmiššaʿarsha`ar: an opening, i.e. door or gateH8179
  3. שָׁבָ֔תוּšābātûshabath: to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)H7673
  4. בַּחוּרִ֖יםbaḥûrîmbachuwr: (properly) selected; a youth (often collective)H970
  5. מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃minnĕgînātāmngiynah: (properly) instrumental music; (by implication) a stringed instrumentH5058
15
  1. שָׁבַת֙šābatshabath: to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)H7673
  2. מְשׂ֣וֹשׂmĕśôśmasows: delight; (concretely) the cause or object of delightH4885
  3. לִבֵּ֔נוּlibbēnûleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. נֶהְפַּ֥ךְnehpakhaphak: to turn about or over; (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervertH2015
  5. לְאֵ֖בֶלlĕʾēbelebel: lamentationH60
  6. מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃mĕḥōlēnûmachowl: a (round) danceH4234
16
  1. נָֽפְלָה֙nāpĕlāhnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
  2. עֲטֶ֣רֶתʿăṭeret`atarah: a crownH5850
  3. רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּrōʾšēnûro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
  4. אֽוֹיʾôyowy: lamentation; (interjectionally) Oh!H188
  5. נָ֥אnāʾna': added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionH4994
  6. לָ֖נוּlānû
  7. כִּ֥יkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  8. חָטָֽאנוּ׃ḥāṭāʾnûchata': (properly) to miss; (hence, figuratively and generally) to sinH2398
17
  1. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. זֶ֗הzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
  3. הָיָ֤הhāyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  4. דָוֶה֙dāwehdaveh: sick (especially in menstruation)H1739
  5. לִבֵּ֔נוּlibbēnûleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  6. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. אֵ֖לֶּהʾēlleel-leh: these or thoseH428
  8. חָשְׁכ֥וּḥoškûchashak: to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darkenH2821
  9. עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ʿênênû`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
18
  1. עַ֤לʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. הַרharhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
  3. צִיּוֹן֙ṣiyyônTsiyown: Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemH6726
  4. שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔םšeššāmēmshamem: to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive...H8074
  5. שׁוּעָלִ֖יםšûʿālîmshuw`al: a jackal (as a burrower)H7776
  6. הִלְּכוּhillĕkûhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
19
  1. אַתָּ֤הʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  2. יְהוָה֙yĕhwāhYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. לְעוֹלָ֣םlĕʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
  4. תֵּשֵׁ֔בtēšēbyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  5. כִּסְאֲךָ֖kisʾăkākicce': (properly) covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)H3678
  6. לְדֹ֥רlĕdōrdowr: (properly) a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generationH1755
  7. וָדֽוֹר׃wādôrdowr: (properly) a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generationH1755
20
  1. לָ֤מָּהlāmmâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  2. לָנֶ֙צַח֙lāneṣaḥnetsach: (properly) a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towardsH5331
  3. תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּtiškāḥēnûshakach: to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attentionH7911
  4. תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּtaʿazbēnû`azab: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etcH5800
  5. לְאֹ֥רֶךְlĕʾōrekorek: lengthH753
  6. יָמִֽים׃yāmîmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
21
  1. הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּhăšîbēnûshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  2. יְהוָ֤ה׀yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ʾēlêkāel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  4. וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָwĕnāšûbāshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  5. חַדֵּ֥שׁḥaddēšchadash: to be new; causatively, to rebuildH2318
  6. יָמֵ֖ינוּyāmênûyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  7. כְּקֶֽדֶם׃kĕqedemqedem: the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity)H6924
22
  1. כִּ֚יkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  3. מָאֹ֣סmāʾōsma'ac: to spurn; (intransitively) to disappearH3988
  4. מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּmĕʾastānûma'owc: refuseH3973
  5. קָצַ֥פְתָּqāṣaptāqatsaph: to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rageH7107
  6. עָלֵ֖ינוּʿālênû`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
  8. מְאֹֽד׃mĕʾōdm`od: (properly) vehemence; (with or without preposition) vehementlyH3966

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Strong's words in Lamentations 5 (6)
Strong's H1961 הָ֣יָה (hāyâ)
hayah (haw-yaw) v. 1. to exist 2. to be or become 3. to come into being, i.e. to happen, to occur (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) [a primitive root] KJV: beacon, X altogether, be. Appears 3 times in Lamentations 5.
Strong's H3027 יָ֔ד (yād)
yad (yawd) n-f. 1. a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one) 2. used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows) [a primitive word] KJV: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves. See also: H3709. Appears 3 times in Lamentations 5.
Strong's H3068 יְהוָה֙ (yĕhwāh)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 3 times in Lamentations 5.
Strong's H369 אֵ֣ין (ʾên)
ayin (ah'-yin) prt-n. 1. a non-entity 2. (generally) used as a negative particle [as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist] KJV: else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare: H370. Appears 3 times in Lamentations 5.
Strong's H6440 מִפְּנֵ֖י (mippĕnê)
paniym (paw-neem') (plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}) n-m. 1. the face (as the part that turns) 2. (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc. {used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively} [from H6437] KJV: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you. Root(s): H6437. Appears 3 times in Lamentations 5.
Strong's H1 אָ֔ב (ʾāb)
ab (awb) n-m. 1. father {in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application} [a primitive word. Compare names beginning with "Abi-"] KJV: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, princi. Appears 2 times in Lamentations 5.

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