[a]Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, we are given (A)no rest.
We have [b]submitted to (B)Egypt and Assyria [c]to get enough bread.
Our (C)fathers sinned, and are gone;
It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:5 Lit We have been pursued upon
  2. Lamentations 5:6 Lit given Egypt a hand
  3. Lamentations 5:6 Lit to be satisfied with

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