Lamentations 1:11; Lamentations 4:4; Lamentations 5:6; Lamentations 5:9

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Lamentations 1:11

11 All her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look, LORD, and consider, for I am despised.”
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Lamentations 4:4

4 Because of thirst the infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.
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Lamentations 5:6

6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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Lamentations 5:9

9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
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