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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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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.
behold.
Lam. 2:15• 15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 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 Lord, and all their imaginations against me; (Lam. 3:61)
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Neh. 1:3• 3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof 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 makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
(Psa. 44:13‑16)
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Psa. 74:10‑11• 10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
(Psa. 74:10‑11)
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Psa. 79:4,12• 4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom 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; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
(Psa. 89:50‑51)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with 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.