Lamentations 5:8-16

8Slaves rule us. There is no one to rescue us from them.

9To get our food, we have to risk our lives in the heat of the desert.

10Our skin is as hot as an oven from the burning heat of starvation.

11Women in Zion are raped, so are the girls in the cities of Judah.

12⌞Our⌟ leaders are hung by their hands. ⌞Our⌟ older leaders are shown no respect.

13⌞Our⌟ young men work at the mill, and ⌞our⌟ boys stagger under loads of wood.

14⌞Our⌟ older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, and ⌞our⌟ young men no longer play their music.

15There is no joy left in our hearts. Our dancing has turned into mourning.

16The crown has fallen from our head. Because we have sinned, it has been disastrous for us.