Lamentations 5:4-6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁴ We have had to pay money to drink the water that belongs to us; our [own] wood is sold to us.

⁵ Our pursuers are upon our necks [like a yoke]; we are weary and are allowed no rest.

⁶ We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians [merely] to get food to satisfy [our hunger].