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Lamentations 5:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Our inheritance, turned over to foreigners, our houses, to aliens.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliants.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Our inheritance 5159
{5159} Prime
נַחֲלָה
nachalah
{nakh-al-aw'}
From H5157 (in its usual sense); properly something inherited, that is, (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.
is turned 2015
{2015} Prime
הָפַךְ
haphak
{haw-fak'}
A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication to change, overturn, return, pervert.
z8738
<8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429
to strangers, 2114
{2114} Prime
זוּר
zuwr
{zoor}
A primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery.
z8801
<8801> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 309
our houses 1004
{1004} Prime
בַּיִת
bayith
{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
to aliens. 5237
{5237} Prime
נָכְרִי
nokriy
{nok-ree'}
From H5235 (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Lamentations 5:2

_ _ Our inheritance — “Thine inheritance” (Psalms 79:1). The land given of old to us by Thy gift.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Lamentations 5:1-16.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Deuteronomy 28:30-68 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. ... And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you].
Psalms 79:1-2 [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. ... The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Isaiah 1:7 Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Isaiah 63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
Jeremiah 6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, [with their] fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
Ezekiel 7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
Zephaniah 1:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 28:30. Ps 79:1. Is 1:7; 5:17; 63:18. Jr 6:12. Ezk 7:21, 24. Zp 1:13.

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