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Lamentations 5:2

1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
KJV
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
WEB
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
ASV
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
DARBY
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
BLB
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, and our houses to foreigners.
ÅB
Vår arv er gått over til fremmede, våre hus til utlendinger.
OTB
Vår arv er gitt til fremmede, våre hjem til utlendinger.
B1930
Vår arv er gått over til fremmede, våre hus til utlendinger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 1:7

    Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.

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  • Zephaniah 1:13

    Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:30–68

    You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

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  • Psalms 79:1–2

    The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

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  • Isaiah 63:18

    For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

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  • Ezekiel 7:21

    And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.

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  • Ezekiel 7:24

    So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.

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  • Jeremiah 6:12

    Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.

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