Lamentations 5:6-12

6We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

7Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have carried their sin.

8Servants rule over us; There is no one to rescue us out of their hand.

9We 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].

10Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.

11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

12Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.