Lamentations 5:4-6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴ We have to buy the water that we drink.
    We have to pay for the wood that we use.
⁵ We are forced to wear a yoke on our necks.
    We get tired, and we have no rest.
⁶ We made an agreement with Egypt.
    We also made an agreement with Assyria to get enough bread.