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4 We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought. 5 With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest. 6 We have made a pact with Egypt and Assyria, to get enough bread. Lamentations 5:4-6, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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