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Lamentations 5:5-7
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5 
Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
6 
We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7 
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is [a]we who have carried their sin.(A)

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  1. Lamentations 5:7 Both forefathers and sons were responsible for the disaster that had come on Jerusalem. This generation was equally deserving of punishment.
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Lamentations 5:5-7
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5 Those who pursue us are at our heels;
    we are weary(A) and find no rest.(B)
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria(C)
    to get enough bread.
7 Our ancestors(D) sinned and are no more,
    and we bear their punishment.(E)

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