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Lamentations 5:8-10
Contemporary English Version

8 Slaves are now our rulers,
and there is no one
    to set us free.
9 We are in danger
    from brutal desert tribes;
we must risk our lives
    just to bring in our crops.[a]
10 Our skin is scorched
    from fever and hunger.

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  1. 5.9 crops: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 9.
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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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