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Lamentations 5: Remember Us, Lord

Lamentations 5 is a prayer. The people ask Yahweh to remember what has happened to them and to look at their shame. They have lost their land and their homes. Their joy has turned into sadness, and they confess that they have sinned. Then they remember that Yahweh remains forever and his throne lasts from generation to generation. They ask God to turn them back to himself and make their days new again.

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World English Bible · 22 verses

  1. 1 Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  13. 13 The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  14. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  15. 15 The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  16. 16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  17. 17 For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  18. 18 for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  19. 19 You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  20. 20 Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  21. 21 Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  22. 22 But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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God Rules Forever

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Color the throne and the people praying. God is King forever!

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Bible Verse

“You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.”

Lamentations 5:19 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that God's people were very sad, and they prayed. They remembered that God is King forever. Ask, What would you like to ask God? Pray together, asking God to help you and make you new.

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