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Lamentations 5

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Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

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Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

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We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

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Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

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We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

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They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

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They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

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The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

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The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

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Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

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Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

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Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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Lamentations 5:18

“Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.”

Study Summary

The mountain of Zion lies desolate; jackals prowl over it—the verse presents the final image of devastation: the sacred mountain is desolate, and wild animals inhabit the place. The jackals suggest a complete return to wildness; civilization has been overcome by nature. Theologically, the verse emphasizes that even the holiest mountain, the seat of the temple and God's presence, is now abandoned. The inhabitation by jackals suggests that the sacred is profaned; what should be holy is now the haunt of wild beasts. The verse represents the nadir of the lament: the most sacred place has become the most desolate. Yet the very naming of this desolation suggests that memory persists; the people remember when Zion was glorious.

Community Reflections

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Jonas Eriksson (test user)1d ago
Lessons in obedience — Lamentations 5

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance.. We bring nothing; He provides everything.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The…

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Adam Smith (test user)12h ago
Redemption and restoration — Lamentations 5

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of…

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Lamentations 5:18

“Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.”

Study Summary

The mountain of Zion lies desolate; jackals prowl over it—the verse presents the final image of devastation: the sacred mountain is desolate, and wild animals inhabit the place. The jackals suggest a complete return to wildness; civilization has been overcome by nature. Theologically, the verse emphasizes that even the holiest mountain, the seat of the temple and God's presence, is now abandoned. The inhabitation by jackals suggests that the sacred is profaned; what should be holy is now the haunt of wild beasts. The verse represents the nadir of the lament: the most sacred place has become the most desolate. Yet the very naming of this desolation suggests that memory persists; the people remember when Zion was glorious.

Community Reflections

1
Jonas Eriksson (test user)1d ago
Lessons in obedience — Lamentations 5

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. God is faithful in every circumstance.. We bring nothing; He provides everything.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The…

Read the note →
1
Adam Smith (test user)12h ago
Redemption and restoration — Lamentations 5

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this passage. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of…

Read the note →

Lamentations 5:18

The mountain of Zion lies desolate; jackals prowl over it—the verse presents the final image of devastation: the sacred mountain is desolate, and wild animals inhabit the place. The jackals suggest a complete return to wildness; civilization has been overcome by nature. Theologically, the verse emphasizes that even the holiest mountain, the seat of the temple and God's presence, is now abandoned. The inhabitation by jackals suggests that the sacred is profaned; what should be holy is now the haunt of wild beasts. The verse represents the nadir of the lament: the most sacred place has become the most desolate. Yet the very naming of this desolation suggests that memory persists; the people remember when Zion was glorious.