Lamentations 5:2-18

2Our inheritance has been turned over to 1strangers, Our 2houses to foreigners.3We have become orphans, 3without a father; Our mothers are like widows.44We have to pay for our drinking 5water, Our wood comes to us at a price.56Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, we are given 7no rest.6We have 8submitted to 9Egypt and Assyria 10to get enough bread.7Our 11fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.812Slaves rule over us; There is 13no one to rescue us from their hand.9We get our bread 14at the 15risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.10Our skin has become as 16hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.11They violated the 17women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.12Leaders were hung by their hands; 1819Elders were not respected.13Young men 2021worked at the grinding mill, And youths 22staggered under loads of wood.14Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their 23music.15The joy of our hearts has 24ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.16The 25crown has fallen from our head; 26Woe to us, for we have sinned!17Because of this our 27heart is faint, Because of these things our 28eyes are dim;18Because of 29Mount Zion which lies desolate, 30Jackals prowl in it.