We have [a]submitted to (A)Egypt and Assyria [b]to get enough bread.
Our (B)fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
(C)Slaves rule over us;
There is (D)no one to deliver us from their hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:6 Lit given the hand to
  2. Lamentations 5:6 Lit to be satisfied with

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria(A)
    to get enough bread.
Our ancestors(B) sinned and are no more,
    and we bear their punishment.(C)
Slaves(D) rule over us,
    and there is no one to free us from their hands.(E)

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