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We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is [a]we who have carried their sin.(A)

Servants rule over us;
There is no one to rescue us out of their hand.(B)

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

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria(A)
    to get enough bread.
Our ancestors(B) sinned and are no more,
    and we bear their punishment.(C)
Slaves(D) rule over us,
    and there is no one to free us from their hands.(E)

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