Lamentations 5:9-11

The Voice

⁹ At risk of life and limb, we seek our daily food
    despite threats of sword and danger in the wild places.
¹⁰ We are feverish with hunger.
    Famine’s scorching heat burns our flesh like an oven.
¹¹ In the place where God should be—
    Zion and the surrounding towns of Judah—
Women, young and old alike,
    are brutally raped and violated.