Lamentations 5:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ Our ·ancestors [fathers] sinned against you, but they are ·gone [^Lno more];
    now we ·suffer because of their sins [^Lbear their iniquity].
⁸ ·Slaves [Servants] ·have become our rulers [^Lrule over us; Prov. 19:10; 30:21–22; Eccl. 10:5–7; Is. 24:2],
    and no one can ·save us from them [^Ltear them off us].
⁹ We risk our lives to get our ·food [bread];
    ·we face death in the desert [^Lbecause of the sword in the wilderness; ^Cfields were outside the walls of the city where the enemy camped].