Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
In Context
1Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach.
3we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows.
Cross References
Psalms 79:1For the + 79:1 See Ps. 44, and 68, titles.end, for alternate strains, a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian.
Isaiah 5:17And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away.
Jeremiah 6:12And their houses shall be turned to others, with their fields and their wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of this land, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 7:21And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them.
Zephaniah 1:13And their power shall be for a spoil, and their houses for utter desolation; and they shall build houses, but shall not dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of them.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:2-17
An Appeal to God; Complicated Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 1 Remember, O Lord , what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not;… Read the whole commentary →