Lamentations 5:7-11
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.
Lamentations 5:8
Slaves rule over us; There is no one to rescue us from their hand.
Lamentations 5:9
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.
Lamentations 5:11
They violated the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.