--- title: Lamentations 5 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Lamentations chapter 5 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Lamentations](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM/) / chapter 5 # Lamentations 5 22 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.1/) — זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ — Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach. - [5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.2/) — נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ — Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens. - [5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.3/) — יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ — We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. - [5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.4/) — מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ — We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price. - [5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.5/) — עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ וְלֹא הֽוּנַחלָֽנוּ׃ — To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest. - [5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.6/) — מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ — We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough; - [5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.7/) — אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ וְאֵינָם וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ — Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. - [5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.8/) — עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃ — Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand. - [5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.9/) — בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ — We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. - [5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.10/) — עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃ — Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine. - [5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.11/) — נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃ — They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah. - [5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.12/) — שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ — Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured. - [5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.13/) — בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ — The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood. - [5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.14/) — זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ — The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. - [5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.15/) — שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ — The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. - [5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.16/) — נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ — The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned. - [5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.17/) — עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ — For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim; - [5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.18/) — עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃פ — For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. - [5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.19/) — אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ — Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation. - [5:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.20/) — לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ — Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? - [5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.21/) — הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ וְֽנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ — Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. - [5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.22/) — כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ — Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us! - ← previous: [Lamentations 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM/4/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/1/) - ↑ back to [Lamentations](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM/)