Lamentations 5:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ On our necks is the yoke of those who persecute us;
    although we are exhausted, we are afforded no rest.
⁶ We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria
    to get enough bread to sustain us.
⁷ Our ancestors who sinned are no longer alive,
    but we bear the burden of their guilt.