| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1LORD, remember what has happened to us. Look, and see our disgrace! | 1LORD, remember what has happened to us. See how we have been disgraced! |
| 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. | 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. |
| 3We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are widows. | 3We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed. |
| 4We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. | 4We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive. |
| 5We are closely pursued; we are tired, and no one offers us rest. | 5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest. |
| 6We made a treaty with Egypt and with Assyria, to get enough food. | 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive. |
| 7Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment. | 7Our ancestors sinned, but they have died— and we are suffering the punishment they deserved! |
| 8Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from them. | 8Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us. |
| 9We secure our food at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. | 9We hunt for food at the risk of our lives, for violence rules the countryside. |
| 10Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger. | 10The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven. |
| 11Women have been raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. | 11Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah. |
| 12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect. | 12Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt. |
| 13Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood. | 13Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood. |
| 14The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music. | 14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing. |
| 15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. | 15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. |
| 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned. | 16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned. |
| 17Because of this, our heart is sick; because of these, our eyes grow dim: | 17Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears. |
| 18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate and has jackals prowling in it. | 18For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals. |
| 19You, LORD, are enthroned forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. | 19But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation. |
| 20Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives? | 20Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long? |
| 21LORD, bring us back to yourself, so we may return; renew our days as in former times, | 21Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had! |
| 22unless you have completely rejected us and are intensely angry with us. | 22Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still? |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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