Lamentations 5:10–18
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10oOur skin was black like an oven
Because of the ||terrible famine.
11pqThey ravished the women in Zion,
And qthe maids in the cities of Judah.
12Princes are hanged up by their hand:
The faces of relders swere not honoured.
13They took the young men ssto grind,
And the children tfell under the wood.
14rThe elders have ceased from the gate,
The young men from tttheir musick.
15The joy of our heart is ceased;
uOur dance vis turned into mourning.
16w†The crown is fallen from our head:
Woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17For this xour heart is faint;
For these things your eyes are dim.
18Because of the mountain of Zion, yywhich is desolate,
zThe foxes walk upon it.
Footnotes
- oSo Ps. 119:83. See ch. 4:8.
- ||Or, terrors, or, storms. See Ps. 11:6.
- rSee ch. 4:16.
- sComp. Prov. 25:6 marg.
- tComp. Josh. 9:27.
- rSee ch. 4:16.
- ttSee ch. 3:14.
- uSee Ps. 30:11.
- vSo Job 30:31.
- wSo Ps. 89:39. Jer. 13:18. ch. 1:1.
- †Heb. The crown of our head is fallen. Job 19:9.
- xSee ch. 1:22. So ch. 1:13.
- ySee ch. 2:11.
- zComp. Neh. 4:3.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Our skin is hot as an oven
with the burning heat of famine.
Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
Princes are hung up by their hands;
no respect is shown to the elders.
Young men are compelled to grind at the mill,
and boys stagger under loads of wood.
The old men have left the city gate,
the young men their music.
The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has been turned to mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
For this our heart has become sick,
for these things our eyes have grown dim,
for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
jackals prowl over it.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Our skin is hot as an oven,
feverish from hunger.
Women have been violated in Zion,
and virgins in the towns of Judah.
Princes have been hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.
Young men toil at the millstones;
boys stagger under loads of wood.
The elders are gone from the city gate;
the young men have stopped their music.
Joy is gone from our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Because of this our hearts are faint,
because of these things our eyes grow dim
for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
with jackals prowling over it.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Our skin is as hot as an oven
from the ravages of hunger.
Women have been raped in Zion,
virgins in the cities of Judah.
Princes have been hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.
Young men labor at millstones;
boys stumble under loads of wood.
The elders have left the city gate,
the young men, their music.
Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned.
Because of this, our heart is sick;
because of these, our eyes grow dim:
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate
and has jackals prowling in it.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
The famine has blackened our skin
as though baked in an oven.
Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem
and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.
Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs,
and our elders are treated with contempt.
Young men are led away to work at millstones,
and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
The elders no longer sit in the city gates;
the young men no longer dance and sing.
Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
The garlands have fallen from our heads.
Weep for us because we have sinned.
Our hearts are sick and weary,
and our eyes grow dim with tears.
For Jerusalem is empty and desolate,
a place haunted by jackals.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Our skin is hot like an oven
because of the scorching famine.
They raped women in Zion,
young women in the cities of Judah.
They hang princes by their hand;
they do not show respect before elders.
Young men must carry a hand-mill
and boys stumble under the wood.
Elders are no longer at the gate,
young men no longer play stringed instruments.
The joy of our hearts has stopped;
our circle-dancing has changed to a mourning ceremony.
The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
Because of this, our heart has become faint,
because of these, our eyes have become dim.
Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
foxes tread on it.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press