Lamentations 5:1
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The final lament is a communal prayer that lacks the alphabetic acrostic of the previous four poems. The community cries for God to remember: their inheritance has been turned over to strangers, women have been violated, and old men sit …
Other Translations
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.
Cross References
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great …
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you …
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for …
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.