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1. Remember, Lord, what happened to us. Look and see our shame.
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1. Remember H2142 , O LORD H3068 , what H4100 is come H1961 upon us: consider H5027 , and behold H7200 H853 our reproach H2781 .
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2. Our land has been turned over to strangers. Our houses have been given to foreigners.
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2. Our inheritance H5159 is turned H2015 to strangers H2114 , our houses H1004 to aliens H5237 .
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3. We have become orphans. We have no father. Our mothers have become like widows.
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3. We are H1961 orphans H3490 and fatherless H369 H1 , our mothers H517 are as widows H490 .
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4. We have to buy the water that we drink. We have to pay for the wood that we use.
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4. We have drunken H8354 our water H4325 for money H3701 ; our wood H6086 is sold H935 H4242 unto us.
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5. We are forced to wear a yoke on our necks. We get tired, and we have no rest.
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5. Our necks H6677 are under H5921 persecution H7291 : we labor H3021 , and have no rest H3808 H5117 .
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6. We made an agreement with Egypt. We also made an agreement with Assyria to get enough bread.
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6. We have given H5414 the hand H3027 to the Egyptians H4714 , and to the Assyrians H804 , to be satisfied H7646 with bread H3899 .
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7. Our ancestors sinned against you, and now they are dead. And we are suffering because of their sins.
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7. Our fathers H1 have sinned H2398 , and are not H369 ; and we H587 have borne H5445 their iniquities H5771 .
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8. Slaves have become our rulers. No one can save us from them.
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8. Servants H5650 have ruled over H4910 us: there is none H369 that doth deliver H6561 us out of their hand H4480 H3027 .
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9. We risk our lives to get food. There are men in the desert with swords.
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9. We got H935 our bread H3899 with the peril of our lives H5315 because of H4480 H6440 the sword H2719 of the wilderness H4057 .
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10. Our skin is hot like an oven. We have a high fever because of our hunger.
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10. Our skin H5785 was black H3648 like an oven H8574 because of H4480 H6440 the terrible H2152 famine H7458 .
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11. The enemy raped the women of Zion. They raped the women in the cities of Judah.
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11. They ravished H6031 the women H802 in Zion H6726 , and the maids H1330 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 .
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12. The enemy hanged our princes. They didn't honor our elders.
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12. Princes H8269 are hanged up H8518 by their hand H3027 : the faces H6440 of elders H2205 were not H3808 honored H1921 .
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13. The enemy made our young men grind grain at the mill. Our young men stumbled under loads of wood.
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13. They took H5375 the young men H970 to grind H2911 , and the children H5288 fell H3782 under the wood H6086 .
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14. The elders no longer sit at the gates of the city. The young men no longer make music.
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14. The elders H2205 have ceased H7673 from the gate H4480 H8179 , the young men H970 from their music H4480 H5058 .
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15. We have no more joy in our hearts. Our dancing has changed to crying for the dead.
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15. The joy H4885 of our heart H3820 is ceased H7673 ; our dance H4234 is turned H2015 into mourning H60 .
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16. The crown has fallen from our head. Things have gone bad for us because we sinned.
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16. The crown H5850 is fallen H5307 from our head H7218 : woe H188 unto us, that H3588 we have sinned H2398 !
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17. For this reason our hearts have become sick, and our eyes cannot see clearly.
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17. For H5921 this H2088 our heart H3820 is H1961 faint H1739 ; for H5921 these H428 things our eyes H5869 are dim H2821 .
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18. Mount Zion is a wasteland. Foxes run around on Mount Zion.
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18. Because of H5921 the mountain H2022 of Zion H6726 , which H7945 is desolate H8074 , the foxes H7776 walk H1980 upon it.
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19. But you rule forever, Lord. Your kingly chair lasts forever and ever.
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19. Thou H859 , O LORD H3068 , remainest H3427 forever H5769 ; thy throne H3678 from generation H1755 to generation H1755 .
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20. You seem to have forgotten us forever. You seem to have left us alone for such a long time.
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20. Wherefore H4100 dost thou forget H7911 us forever H5331 , and forsake H5800 us so long H753 time H3117 ?
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21. Bring us back to you, Lord. We will gladly come back to you. Make our lives as they were before.
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21. Turn H7725 thou us unto H413 thee , O LORD H3068 , and we shall be turned H7725 ; renew H2318 our days H3117 as of old H6924 .
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22. You were very angry with us. Have you completely rejected us?
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22. But H3588 H518 thou hast utterly rejected H3988 H3988 us ; thou art very wroth H7107 H5704 H3966 against H5921 us.
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