Lamentations 5:1
Remember, Hashem, what is come upon us; 1 consider, and behold our reproach. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
In Context
2Our nachalah is turned over to zarim, 1 our batim (houses) to foreigners. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:3And they said unto me, The remnant that have survived the Exile + 1:3 the Golus there in the province are in ra'ah gedolah and reproach; the Chomat Yerushalayim also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with eish.
Nehemiah 4:4And Yehudah said, The koach of the bearers of burdens is giving out, and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to rebuild the Chomah (Wall).
Job 10:9Remember, now, that Thou hast molded me like the chomer (clay), 1 and wilt Thou turn me into aphar again? 1
Psalms 74:10O Elohim ad mosai, (how long) shall the adversary revile? 1 Shall the oyev (enemy) blaspheme Thy Shem lanetzach (forever)? 1
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our shekhenim (neighbors), 1 a scorn and derision to them that are around us. 1
Psalms 89:50Adonoi, where are Thy former lovingkindnesses, 1 which Thou didst swear unto Dovid in Thy emunah? 1
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:1
This chapter, though it has the same number of verses with the 1st, 2nd, and 4th, is not alphabetical, as they were, but the scope of it is the same with that of all the foregoing elegies. We have in it, I. A representation of the present calamitous state of God's people in their captivity, ver. 1-16 . II. A protestation of their concern for God's sanctuary, as that which lay nearer their heart than any secular interest of their own, ver. 17, 18 . III. A humble supplication to God and expostulation with him, for… Read the whole commentary →