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Lamentations 5:1-6

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 strangers, our houses to aliens.

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

3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.

4 We have paid money for water we drink; our wood is sold unto us.

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

5 Our necks are under persecution; we labor and have no rest.

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

6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be provided with bread.

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