Lamentations 5:8-16

8Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from them.

9We secure our food at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

10Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger.

11Women have been raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

13Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood.

14The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.

15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.