Lamentations 5:2
Our nachalah is turned over to zarim, 1 our batim (houses) to foreigners. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
In Context
1Remember, Hashem, what is come upon us; 1 consider, and behold our reproach. 1
3We are yetomim and fatherless, 1 immoteinu are like almanot. 1
Cross References
Psalms 79:1(A Mizmor.Of Asaph) 1 Thy Heikhal Kodesh have they defiled; 1 they have reduced Yerushalayim to rubble. 1
Isaiah 5:17Then shall the kevasim feed as upon their pasture, 1 and the gerim (sojourners) will eat in the ruins of the rich. 1
Jeremiah 6:12And their batim (houses) shall be turned over unto others, 1 with their sadot and nashim together; 1 for I will stretch out My yad 1 upon the Yoshvei HaAretz (Inhabitants of the Land), saith Hashem. 1
Ezekiel 7:21And I will give it into the hands of the zarim (strangers) for plunder, and to the resha'im of ha'aretz for loot; and they shall defile it.
Zephaniah 1:13Therefore their goods shall become a booty, 1 and their batim a desolation; 1 they shall also build batim, but not inhabit them; 1 and they shall plant kramim (vineyards), but not drink the yayin thereof. 1
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 →