Lamentations 5:2

Modern

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

Traditional

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

Literal

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, and our houses to foreigners.

Latin

Hæreditas nostra versa est ad alienos, domus nostræ ad extraneos.

Hebrew

English

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).

Isaiah 1:7
Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
Psalm 79:1–2
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
Deuteronomy 28:30–68
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
Isaiah 5:17
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
Isaiah 63:18
For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
Ezekiel 7:21
And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.
Jeremiah 6:12
Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:24
So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.