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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)
• The detailed story of Judah’s sufferings is spread out before the Lord in this last chapter, but the soul is stayed upon the fact that One remains, when all else is swept away. (“Chapter 31” by H.A. Ironside)
• The entire portion takes the form of a prayer, rather than a lamentation....It is a great relief for the troubled heart to feel that there is One in heaven who observes every trial to which His children are subject, and that He has ordered all according to His infinite wisdom and love. (“Chapter 31” by H.A. Ironside)

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.