New Revised Standard NRS
New International Version NIV
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens.
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Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
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We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4 We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
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We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5 With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.
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Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We have made a pact with Egypt and Assyria, to get enough bread.
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We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
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Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
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Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
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We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is black as an oven from the scorching heat of famine.
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Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
11 Women are raped in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
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Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.
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Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
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