Lamentations 5:2-7

2Strangers have taken the land that our ancestors gave to us. Foreign people live in our homes.

3We are children whose fathers have died. Our mothers no longer have husbands.

4We must pay money for the water that we drink. We must buy wood for our fires.

5Our enemies cause us to work like animals. But the work is too difficult and they will not let us rest.

6We gave ourselves to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, so that we could get food to eat.

7Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead. Now we have the troubles that you caused because of them. You punished us because of their sin.