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Lamentations 5:4-9 God's Word Translation (GW)

4. We have to pay to drink our own water.We have to pay to chop our own wood.

5. ⌊Our enemies⌋ are breathing down our necks.We are worn out ⌊and⌋ not permitted to rest.

6. We had to beg Egypt and Assyria for food.

7. Our ancestors sinned.Now they are gone,⌊but⌋ we have to take the punishment for their wickedness.

8. Slaves rule us.There is no one to rescue us from them.

9. To get our food, we have to risk our livesin the heat of the desert.

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