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"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."

— Isaiah 40:8

Lamentations 5

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Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

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2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

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3

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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4

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

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5

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

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6

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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7

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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8

Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

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9

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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10

Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

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11

They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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12

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

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13

They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

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14

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

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15

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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16

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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17

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

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18

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

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19

Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

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20

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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21

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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22

But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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Chapter Study & Analysis

Overview

Lamentations 5 - A Prayer for Restoration: The final chapter is a communal prayer rather than an acrostic poem. It lists the current miseries of the people and ends with a plea for God to "turn us unto thee" and "renew our days."

THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

1. Generational Sin: "Our fathers have sinned... and we have borne their iniquities" (v. 7). Acknowledging the corporate consequences of sin.
2. The Eternal Throne: Contrasting the fallen city with the eternal reign of God: "Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation" (v. 19).
3. The Question of Rejection: The book ends on a somber note, asking if God has "utterly rejected" them, leaving the answer to the subsequent books of the Bible.

Practical Lessons

PRACTICAL LESSONS

1. Communal Lament: The importance of praying together as a people in times of national tragedy.
2. The Goal of Restoration: True restoration is not just returning to a land, but "turning unto the Lord."

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