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Lamentations 5:1-6

1 Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

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

2 Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto 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 drunken our water for money; 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 pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, 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 satisfied with bread.

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

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