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Our enemies are breathing down our necks.
    We are worn out and not permitted to rest.
We had to beg Egypt and Assyria for food.[a]
Our ancestors sinned.
    Now they are gone,
        but we have to take the punishment for their wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:6 Or “We made a pledge to Egypt and Assyria in order to get enough food.”

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