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Lamentations 5:8-10
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8 Slaves rule over us;
        there is no one to rescue us from their power.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives
        because of the desert heat.[a]
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven
        because of the burning heat of famine.

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  1. Lamentations 5:9 Or sword; Heb uncertain
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Lamentations 5:8-10
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8 Slaves(A) rule over us,
    and there is no one to free us from their hands.(B)
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives
    because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
    feverish from hunger.(C)

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