Lamentations 5:6-12

6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

7Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.

8Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.

9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.

10Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.

11Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.

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