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Lamentations 5

Lam. 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
q, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, what is come upon us: consider
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
, and behold
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
our reproach
cherpah (Hebrew #2781)
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
KJV usage: rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
Pronounce: kher-paw'
Origin: from 2778
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Psa. 89:50‑51• 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants—{HR}I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples—
 51[With] which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah;{HR}[With] which they have reproached the footsteps (heels) of thine anointed one. (Psa. 89:50‑51)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-22:  A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.
Remember.
Lam. 1:20• 20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled;{HR}Mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled:{HR}Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. (Lam. 1:20)
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Lam. 2:20• 20Behold, O Jehovah, and consider to whom thou hast done this.{HR}Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long?{HR}Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? (Lam. 2:20)
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Lam. 3:19• 19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (Lam. 3:19)
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Neh. 1:8• 8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples; (Neh. 1:8)
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Job 7:7• 7Remember that my days are a breath,{HR}Mine eye will not return to see good. (Job 7:7)
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Job 10:9• 9O remember now that as clay thou formedst me,{HR}And yet thou bringest me back to dust (Job 10:9)
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Jer. 15:15• 15Jehovah, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; in thy long-suffering take me not away: know that for thy sake I bear reproach. (Jer. 15:15)
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Hab. 3:2• 2O Jehovah, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid. (Hab. 3:2)
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Luke 23:42• 42And he said to Jesus, Remember me when thou shalt come in thy kingdom. (Luke 23:42)
behold.
Lam. 2:15• 15All that pass by clap their hands at thee;{HR}They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,{HR}Is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth? (Lam. 2:15)
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Lam. 3:61• 61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their imaginations against me: (Lam. 3:61)
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Neh. 1:3• 3And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. (Neh. 1:3)
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Neh. 4:4• 4Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: (Neh. 4:4)
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Psa. 44:13‑16• 13Thou settest us [as] a reproach to our neighbours,{HR}A scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
 14Thou settest us a by-word among the Gentiles,{HR}A shaking of the head among the nations.
 15All the day my shame [is] before me,{HR}And the confusion of my face hath covered me,
 16Because of the voice of him who reproacheth and blasphemeth,{HR}Because of the face of the enemy and the avenger. (Psa. 44:13‑16)
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Psa. 74:10‑11• 10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach?{HR}Shall the enemy despise thy name forever?
 11Why drawest thou back thy hand, and thy right hand?{HR}From the midst of thy bosom consume [them]. (Psa. 74:10‑11)
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Psa. 79:4,12• 4We are become a reproach to our neighbours,{HR}A mockery and derision to those round about us.
 12And render to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom{HR}Their reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. (Psa. 79:4,12)
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Psa. 89:50‑51• 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants—{HR}I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples—
 51[With] which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah;{HR}[With] which they have reproached the footsteps (heels) of thine anointed one. (Psa. 89:50‑51)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Be gracious to us, Jehovah,{HR}Be gracious to us,{HR}For greatly are we filled with contempt.
 4Greatly is our soul filled with the scorning of those at ease,{HR}The contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
• The last chapter differs from all before in that the alphabetic series drops. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 5” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.

W. Kelly Translation

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Remembera, O Jehovah, what hath happened to us; behold, and look on our reproach.

WK Translation Notes

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Chapter 5 differs from all before in that the alphabetic series drops, though there are evidently twenty-two verses as in other cases, with the modification we have seen in chapter 3 and its triplets.