[a]Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is (A)no rest for us.
We have [b]submitted to (B)Egypt and Assyria [c]to get enough bread.
Our (C)fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.

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Footnotes

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