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Lamentations 5:1-6

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1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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