Lamentations 5:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:2 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:2 — KJV
“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.”
— Lamentations 5:2 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:2 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 5:2
“And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:2: turned, houses
“We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:2: inheritance, houses
“And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:2: inheritance, turned
“And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:2: inheritance, turned
“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.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:2: turned, houses
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