Lamentations 5:1-6 ▼

1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; Behold, and see our reproach.

2 Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

3 We are become orphans and fatherless, Our mothers are as widows.

4 We have drunk our water for money; Our wood cometh to us for price.

5 To our very necks we are pursued; We labour, and have no rest.

6 We have given the hand to Egypt, And to Assyria, to have bread enough;