Lamentations 5:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵ Those who chase us are right behind us.
    We’re tired and can’t get any rest.
⁶ We put ourselves under the control of Egypt and Assyria
    just to get enough bread.
⁷ Our people of long ago sinned.
    And they are now dead.
    We are being punished because of their sins.