5Remember, O Lord , what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. 2Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners. 3We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows. 4We must buy the water we drink; our w
4How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street. 2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter's hands
1How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave. 2Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her l
2How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of his anger ! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. 2Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the
3I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; 3indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. 4He has made my skin and my flesh grow old