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5:1  Remember, Lord, what happened to us. Look and see our disgrace.
5:2  Our land has been turned over to strangers. Our houses have been given to foreigners.
5:3  We have become orphans with no father. Our mothers have become like widows.
5:4  We have to buy the water we drink. We must pay for the wood for our fires.
5:5  They work us hard as if we were animals with a yoke on our necks. We get tired and have no rest.
5:6  We made an agreement with Egypt and with Assyria to get enough food.
5:7  Our ancestors sinned against you. But they are gone. Now we must suffer because of their sins.
5:8  Slaves have become our rulers. There is no one who can save us from them.
5:9  We risk our lives to get our food because there are men with swords in the desert.
5:10  Our skin is hot like an oven. We burn with fever because of the terrible hunger.
5:11  The enemy raped the women of Jerusalem and the girls in the cities of Judah.
5:12  The enemy hung our princes by the hands. They do not honor our elders.
5:13  The young men grind grain at the mill. Boys stumble while carrying loads of wood.
5:14  The elders no longer sit at the city gates. The young men no longer make music.
5:15  We have no more joy in our hearts. Our dancing has turned into sadness.
5:16  The glory has gone from Jerusalem. How terrible it is for us because we have sinned.
5:17  Because of this we are afraid. Because of these things our eyes are dim.
5:18  Mount Zion is empty. Now wild dogs wander around it.
5:19  But you rule forever, Lord. You will be King from now on.
5:20  Why have you forgotten us for so long? Why have you left us for so long?
5:21  Bring us back to you, Lord. We will return. Make our days as they were before.
5:22  Or have you completely rejected us? Will your anger never end?