Lamentations 522 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.5:1זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach.5:2נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.5:3יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.5:4מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.5:5עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ וְלֹא הֽוּנַחלָֽנוּ׃To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.5:6מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;5:7אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ וְאֵינָם וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.5:8עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.5:9בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.5:10עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.5:11נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.5:12שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.5:13בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.5:14זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.5:15שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.5:16נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned.5:17עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim;5:18עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃פFor the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.5:19אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֽוֹר׃Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.5:20לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?5:21הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ וְֽנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.5:22כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!← previousLamentations 4next →Ecclesiastes 1↑ back to LamentationsThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM/5/