1 Remember, Yahweh, what has befallen us. Look, and see our disgrace,
2 our home handed over to strangers, our inheritance to foreigners.
3 We are as orphans, fatherless, and early widowed are our mothers.
4 Our drinking water we must buy; for our own wood we have to pay.
5 With the yoke stifling our breath, without rest we work to death.
6 We have bowed down to Egypt, and to Assyria, just to subsist.
7 Our fathers who sinned are no more but we bear their guilt.
8 Slaves rule us, and there is no one to rescue us from their hands.
9 We brave the desert heat and the sword just to get our hard-earned food.
10 Our skin is hot like a furnace, dried up and shriveled by hunger.
11 Ravished are the wives in Zion, the virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes are hung up by their hands; elders shown no respect.
13 Young men toil at the millstones, boys stagger under heavy loads.
14 The old have shunned the city gate, the young, their music.
15 From our hearts joy is gone; we danced then, but now we lament.
16 The garlands have fallen from our heads. Woe upon us, for we have sinned!
17 Over all this our hearts are sick; and our eyes have grown weak:
18 for we see Mount Zion desolate; the jackals prowl within.
19 You, O Yahweh, forever reign; your throne endures from age to age.
20 Why, then, should you abandon us, why forget us for so long a time?
21 Lead us to you again, O Lord, that we may be restored; renew our days as of old.
22 Have you utterly rejected us? Is there no end to your wrath against us?
Versículos relacionados com Lamentations, 5:
Chapter 5 of lamentations is a prayer of the people of Judah to God, asking for mercy and helps in the midst of the destruction and exile they are facing. The verses related to the topics covered in the chapter are:
Psalm 79:8-9: "Do not remember our past iniquities; look at us, for we are plunged into great difficulties. Help us, O God, our Savior, because of the glory of your name. Deliver us and forgive us Our sins, for the sake of your name. " As in the Psalm, the people of Judah acknowledge that their sufferings are a consequence of their own sins, and ask God to forgive them and help them in their affliction.
Psalm 102:1-2: "Lord, hear my prayer! May my cry come to you! Don't hide your face on the day of my anguish! quickly." In this psalm, the psalmist begs God to hear his prayer in a moment of great distress, as well as the people of Judah in lamentations 5.
Psalm 74:1-3: "Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why is your wrath against the sheep of your pasture? Be the tribe of your inheritance; and from Mount Zion, where you dwell. Raise your steps to the eternal places plagued, to all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary. " Psalm 74 is a lamentation through the Jerusalem temple destroyed by the enemies, just as the city of Judah was destroyed and looted. The people of Judah in lamentations 5 asks God to remember them and restore their land.
Psalm 80:14-15: "Go back, O God of hosts! Look from heaven and see, and visit this vineyard; and protects it, for it is being destroyed by fire; cut it, rock it, by yours face rebukes your people. " Just as the psalmist asks God to protect and restore the vineyard in danger, the people of Judah in lamentations 5 asks God to restore His land and protect His people.
Isaiah 63:15-16: "Look from the heavens, and see from your holy and glorious housing. Where are your zeal and your powerful works? You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not recognize us; you, O Lord, are our Father; your name is from eternity. " These verses express an appeal of supplication to the Lord to intervene and show His tenderness and mercy to the people. Through lamentation, the authors of lamentation recognize their need for God and their trust in their faithfulness. Similarly, this verse asks God to show His love and care for His people, even if they may have moved away from Him or not have a complete understanding of their will.
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