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Lamentations 5:7-9
Common English Bible
Lamentations 5:7-9
Common English Bible
7 Our fathers have sinned and are gone,
but we are burdened with their iniquities.
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]
Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:9 Or sword; Heb uncertain
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