Lamentations 5:1-6 ▼

1 O LORD, remember what has come upon us; Look, and see our reproach (national disgrace)!

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

3 We have become orphans without a father; Our mothers are like widows.

4 We have to pay for our drinking water; Our wood comes to us at a price.

5 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

6 We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.