Original 1611 King James Bible (KJV)

A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.

5:1 ¶ Remember, 2142 z8798 O LORD, 3068 what x4100 is come x1961 vpon vs: consider 5027 z8685 and beholde 7200 z8798 x853 our reproch. 2781

5:2 Our inheritance 5159 is turned 2015 z8738 to strangers, 2114 z8801 our houses 1004 to aliants. 5237

5:3 We are x1961 orphanes 3490 and fatherlesse, 369 1 our mothers 517 [are] as widowes. 490

5:4 We haue drunken 8354 z8804 our water 4325 for money, 3701 our wood 6086 is sold 935 4242 z8799 vnto vs.

5:5 Our neckes 6677 [are] vnder x5921 persecution: 7291 z8738 we labour 3021 z8804 and haue no rest. 5117 z8717 x3808

5:6 We haue giuen 5414 z8804 the hand 3027 to the Egyptians, 4714 [and] to the Assyrians, 804 to be satisfied 7646 z8800 with bread. 3899

5:7 Our fathers 1 haue sinned 2398 z8804 and [are] not, 369 and wee x587 haue borne 5445 z8804 their iniquities. 5771

5:8 Seruants 5650 haue ruled y4910 z8804 ouer x4910 vs: [there is] none x369 that doeth deliuer 6561 z8802 vs out of their hand. 3027 x4480

5:9 We gate 935 z8686 our bread 3899 with [the perill] of our liues, 5315 because y6440 of x4480 x6440 the sword 2719 of the wildernesse. 4057

5:10 Our skinne 5785 was blacke 3648 z8738 like an ouen, 8574 because y6440 of x4480 x6440 the terrible 2152 famine. 7458

5:11 They rauished 6031 z8765 the women 802 in Zion, 6726 [and] the maides 1330 in the cities 5892 of Iudah. 3063

5:12 Princes 8269 are hanged vp 8518 z8738 by their hand: 3027 the faces 6440 of Elders 2205 were not x3808 honoured. 1921 z8738

5:13 They tooke 5375 z8804 the young men 970 to grinde, 2911 and the children 5288 fell 3782 z8804 vnder the wood. 6086

5:14 The Elders 2205 haue ceased 7673 z8804 from the gate, 8179 x4480 the young men 970 from their musicke. 5058 x4480

5:15 The ioy 4885 of our heart 3820 is ceased, 7673 z8804 our daunce 4234 is turned 2015 z8738 into mourning. 60

5:16 The crowne 5850 is fallen 5307 z8804 [from] our head: 7218 Woe 188 vnto vs, that x3588 wee haue sinned. 2398 z8804

5:17 For x5921 this x2088 our heart 3820 is x1961 faint, 1739 for x5921 these x428 things our eyes 5869 are dimme. 2821 z8804

5:18 Because of x5921 the mountaine 2022 of Zion, 6726 which x7945 is desolate, 8074 z8804 the foxes 7776 walke 1980 z8765 vpon it.

5:19 Thou, x859 O LORD, 3068 remainest 3427 z8799 for euer: 5769 thy throne 3678 from generation 1755 to generation. 1755

5:20 Wherefore x4100 doest thou forget 7911 z8799 vs for euer, 5331 [and] forsake 5800 z8799 vs so long 753 time? 3117

5:21 Turne 7725 z8685 thou vs vnto x413 thee, O LORD, 3068 and we shall be turned: 7725 z8799 renew 2318 z8761 our dayes 3117 as of old. 6924

5:22 But x3588 x518 thou hast vtterly y3988 z8800 reiected 3988 z8804 vs: thou art very y3966 wroth 7107 z8804 x5704 x3966 against x5921 vs.

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