Lamentations 5:1 (LSB)

Passage

Remember, O Yahweh, what has happened to us; Look, and see our reproach!

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O Yahweh, what has happened to us; Look, and see our reproach!

Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

Lamentations 5:3 We have become orphans without a father; Our mothers are like widows.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "yahweh", "happened", "look", and "reproach". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remember" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Our inheritance has been turned over to...", so "remember" and "yahweh" should be read forward into that movement. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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