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		Lam 5:1 O LORD, remember what has come upon us; Look, and see our reproach (national disgrace)!
		Lam 5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
		Lam 5:3 We have become orphans without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
		Lam 5:4 We have to pay for our drinking water; Our wood comes to us at a price.
		Lam 5:5 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
		Lam 5:6 We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
		Lam 5:7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have carried their sin. [Is 65:7; Jer 16:11, 12; 31:29; Ezek 18:2-4]
		Lam 5:8 Servants rule over us; There is no one to rescue us out of their hand. [Neh 5:15]
		Lam 5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].
		Lam 5:10 Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.
		Lam 5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
		Lam 5:12 Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
		Lam 5:13 Young men worked at the grinding mill, And boys fell [staggering] under loads of wood.
		Lam 5:14 Elders are gone from the gate; Young men from their music.
		Lam 5:15 The joy of our hearts has ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
		Lam 5:16 The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is covered with dust]! Woe to us, for we have sinned!
		Lam 5:17 Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim.
		Lam 5:18 As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, Foxes and the jackals prowl over it.
		Lam 5:19 ¶ But You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to [all] generations.
		Lam 5:20 Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
		Lam 5:21 Return us to You, O LORD, so that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,
		Lam 5:22 Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.

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