Lamentations 5:2

“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”

"Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens." - Lamentations 5:2
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What does Lamentations 5:2 mean?

The Book of Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of its people. The author is traditionally believed to be the Prophet Jeremiah, expressing profound grief and sorrow over the fall of the city and the suffering of its…

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Restoration from Alienation: A Devotional on Lamentations 5:2

The heart aches deeply when faced with loss—the loss of property, family, and identity. In the poignant words of Lamentations 5:2, "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens," we encounter a stark representation of devastation. This verse encapsulates the…

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A Prayer for Restoration and Hope in Times of Despair

O Lord, our God, we come before You in the quiet and solemnity of this moment, offering our hearts and our souls to You. We turn to the words of Lamentations 5:2, which declares, "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens." Such is the lament of those who have…

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Lamentations 5:2 - "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Lamentations 2:5 - "The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation."
Lamentations 5:5 - "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest."
Lamentations 5:11 - "They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Lamentations 5:7 - "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
Lamentations 5:15 - "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
Lamentations 5:6 - "We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread."
Lamentations 5:10 - "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."
Lamentations 5:13 - "They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood."
Lamentations 5:12 - "Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
Lamentations 2:1
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Lamentations 3:5 - "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
Lamentations 5:14 - "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick."
Lamentations 5:9 - "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
Lamentations 5:19 – "You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation."
Lamentations 5:19 - "Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation."
"Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." - Lamentations 5:5
Lamentations 5:8 - "Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand."
Lamentations 5:1 - "Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."
Lamentations 5:22 - "But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us."
Lamentations 4:5 - "They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."
Lamentations 5:4 - "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us."
Lamentations 5:20 - "Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?"
Lamentations 5:16 - "The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"