Lamentations 5:2 (YLT)

Passage

Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

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

Lamentations 5:3 Orphans we have been--without a father, our mothers <FI>are<Fi> as widows.

Lamentations 5:4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "inheritance", "hath", "been", "turned", "strangers", "houses", and "foreigners". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "inheritance" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Remember O Jehovah what hath befallen us..." into verse 3's "Orphans we have been--without a father our...", so "inheritance" and "hath" 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 "inheritance" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.