Lamentations 5:1-6 ▼

1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!

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

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 submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.