Lamentations 5:3-7 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.

4. We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.

5. We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us.

6. We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.

7. Our fathers have sinned, and are not. And we have carried their iniquities.

Lamentations 5