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Lamentations 5:6-8
Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 5:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 We had to surrender
to[a] Egypt and Assyria
because we were hungry.
7 Our ancestors sinned,
but they are dead,
and we are left to pay
for their sins.
8 Slaves are now our rulers,
and there is no one
to set us free.
Footnotes
- 5.6 surrender to: Or “make treaties with.”
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