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Lamentations 5:1-6

1 Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.

1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.

2 Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.

2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.

3 We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

4 We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.

4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

5 Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.

5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.

6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.

6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

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