We have [a]submitted to (A)Egypt and Assyria [b]to get enough bread.
Our (B)fathers sinned, and are gone;
It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.
(C)Slaves rule over us;
There is (D)no one to rescue us from their hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:6 Lit given Egypt a hand
  2. Lamentations 5:6 Lit to be satisfied with

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