45 lines
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45 lines
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# Chapter 5
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1 Lord, remember what has happened to us.
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See how we have been disgraced!
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2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
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our homes to foreigners.
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3 We are orphaned and fatherless.
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Our mothers are widowed.
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4 We have to pay for water to drink,
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and even firewood is expensive.
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5 Those who pursue us are at our heels;
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we are exhausted but are given no rest.
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6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
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to get enough food to survive.
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7 Our ancestors sinned, but they have died—
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and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
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8 Slaves have now become our masters;
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there is no one left to rescue us.
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9 We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,
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for violence rules the countryside.
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10 The famine has blackened our skin
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as though baked in an oven.
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11 Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem
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and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.
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12 Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs,
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and our elders are treated with contempt.
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13 Young men are led away to work at millstones,
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and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
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14 The elders no longer sit in the city gates;
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the young men no longer dance and sing.
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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 garlands have fallen from our heads.
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Weep for us because we have sinned.
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17 Our hearts are sick and weary,
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and our eyes grow dim with tears.
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18 For Jerusalem is empty and desolate,
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a place haunted by jackals.
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19 But Lord, you remain the same forever!
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Your throne continues from generation to generation.
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20 Why do you continue to forget us?
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Why have you abandoned us for so long?
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21 Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again!
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Give us back the joys we once had!
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22 Or have you utterly rejected us?
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Are you angry with us still? |