Lamentations 5:1
in Lamentations 5Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
KJV
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
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This verse in Lamentations 5
Commentary
6 notes on this verseRemember, O Lord - In the Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic, this is headed, “The prayer of Jeremiah.” In my old MS. Bible: Here bigynneth the orison of Jeremye the prophete. Though this chapter consists of exactly twenty-two verses, the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet, yet the acrostic form is no longer observed. Perhaps any thing so technical was not thought proper when in agony and distress (under a sense of God’s displeasure on account of sin) they prostrated themselves before him to ask for mercy.
This site's exposition
Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us
on Lamentations 5:1-2
Lamentations 5 is a communal prayer of twenty-two verses, the length of the alphabet kept without the letter-by-letter form. It opens as address to the LORD: “Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us”. It turns to loss: “Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners”.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Here in Chapter 5, the prophet, after many lamentations, addressed himself for a remedy by prayer. So, he first exposes the people's misery, second, he seeks mercy. As expressed in Verse 19: "But thou, O Lord, dost reign for ever; thy throne endures to all …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
What was of old threatened against us, and was long in the coming, has now at length come upon us, and we are ready to sink under it. Remember what is past, consider and behold what is present, and let not all the trouble we are in seem little to thee, and not worth taking notice of," Neh. ix.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us,.... This chapter is called, in some Greek copies, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, "the prayer of Jeremiah".
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
What is come upon us - literally, “what” has happened “to us:” our national disgrace.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זְכֹ֤ר | zekhor | remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מֶֽה־ | meh- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| הָ֣יָה | hayah | has it happened | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָ֔נוּ | lanu | to us | ||
| הַבִּ֖יטָה | habeith | look ! | H5027 → | 69 times |
| וּרְאֵ֥ה | ureeh | and see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | cherpatenu | reproach our | H2781 → | 73 times |
זְכֹ֤רremember
zekhorH2142 →230 times
יְהוָה֙O Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מֶֽה־what?
meh-H4100 →752 times
הָ֣יָהhas it happened
hayahH1961 →3559 times
לָ֔נוּto us
lanu
הַבִּ֖יטָהlook !
habeithH5027 →69 times
וּרְאֵ֥הand see
ureehH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃reproach our
cherpatenuH2781 →73 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
it leads to
- Psalms 85:6
Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
- Psalms 90:13–17
Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
- Hosea 6:2–3
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Lamentations 3:32
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
- Isaiah 51:9–11
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the…
- Psalms 85:6
Through
Jeremiah 15:15You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 12:3
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
- Psalms 69:7–9
For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
- Luke 21:17
And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
- Jeremiah 12:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Lamentations
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.