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Prayer for Restoration
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# Chapter 5
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1. Lord, remember what has happened to us.
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Look, and see our disgrace!
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2. Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
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our houses to foreigners.
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3. We have become orphans, fatherless;
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our mothers are widows.
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4. We must pay for the water we drink;
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our wood comes at a price.
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5. We are closely pursued;
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we are tired, and no one offers us rest.
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6. We made a treaty with Egypt
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and with Assyria, to get enough food.
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7. Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist,
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but we bear their punishment.
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8. Slaves rule over us;
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no one rescues us from them.
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9. We secure our food at the risk of our lives
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because of the sword in the wilderness.
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10. Our skin is as hot as an oven
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from the ravages of hunger.
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11. Women have been raped in Zion,
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virgins in the cities of Judah.
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12. Princes have been hung up by their hands;
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elders are shown no respect.
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13. Young men labor at millstones;
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boys stumble under loads of wood.
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14. The elders have left the city gate,
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the young men, their music.
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15. Joy has left our hearts;
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our dancing has turned to mourning.
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16. The crown has fallen from our head.
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Woe to us, for we have sinned.
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17. Because of this, our heart is sick;
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because of these, our eyes grow dim:
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18. because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate
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and has jackals prowling in it.
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19. You, Lord, are enthroned forever;
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your throne endures from generation to generation.
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20. Why do you continually forget us,
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abandon us for our entire lives?
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21. Lord, bring us back to yourself, so we may return;
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renew our days as in former times,
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22. unless you have completely rejected us
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and are intensely angry with us.
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