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We are terribly mistreated;[a]
we are worn out
    and can find no rest.
We had to surrender
to[b] Egypt and Assyria
    because we were hungry.

Our ancestors sinned,
    but they are dead,
and we are left to pay
    for their sins.

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Footnotes

  1. 5.5 We … mistreated: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 5.6 surrender to: Or “make treaties with.”

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