Lamentations 5:7-9

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Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is ^[a]we who have carried their sin.^(A)
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Servants rule over us;
There is no one to rescue us out of their hand.^(B)
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We get our bread at the risk of our lives
Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].

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Footnotes

Lamentations 5:7 Both forefathers and sons were responsible for the disaster that had come on Jerusalem. This generation was equally deserving of punishment.