Lamentations 5:5-7

The Voice

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.
⁷ Our fathers sinned and got us into this.
    Now they’ve passed on, and we suffer for it and bear their deeds.