Lamentations 5 (NKJV)

Lamentations 5 NO HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
5:1 Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.
5:3 We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.
5:4 We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.
5:5 They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.
5:6 We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.
5:8 Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.
5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.
5:10 Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.
5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.
5:12 Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.
5:13 Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.
5:14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.
5:15 The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.
5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
5:17 Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
5:18 Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.
5:19 You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
5:20 Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
5:21 Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,
5:22 Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us!