Lamentations 5:4-6

The Voice

⁴ The most basic necessities, food and water,
    shelter and warmth, we must pay dearly for.
⁵ Those pursuing us breathe down the backs of our heavily-yoked necks,
    driving us relentlessly.
Like overworked oxen, we are exhausted and without rest.
⁶ So what else could we do? We succumbed to agreements with Egypt and Assyria
    just so we could get enough to eat and survive.