Lamentations 5:1-6 ▼

1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us, pay attention, and see our disgrace:

2 Our heritage is turned over to strangers, our homes, to foreigners.

3 We have become orphans, without fathers; our mothers are like widows.

4 We pay money to drink our own water, our own wood comes at a price.

5 With a yoke on our necks, we are driven; we are worn out, but allowed no rest.

6 We extended a hand to Egypt and Assyria, to satisfy our need of bread.