Lamentations 5:3 (GNV)

Passage

We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O Lord, what is come vpon vs: consider, and behold our reproche.

Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.

Lamentations 5:3 We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.

Lamentations 5:4 Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.

Lamentations 5:5 Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fatherles", "euen", "without", "mothers", and "widowes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fatherles" and "euen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Our inheritance is turned to the strangers..." into verse 4's "Wee haue drunke our water for money...", so "fatherles" and "euen" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fatherles" and "euen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.