5. They work us hard as if we were animals with a yoke on our necks.We get tired and have no rest.
6. We made an agreement with Egyptand with Assyria to get enough food.
7. Our ancestors sinned against you. But they are gone.Now we must suffer because of their sins.
8. Slaves have become our rulers.There is no one who can save us from them.
9. We risk our lives to get our foodbecause there are men with swords in the desert.
10. Our skin is hot like an oven.We burn with fever because of the terrible hunger.
11. The enemy raped the women of Jerusalemand the girls in the cities of Judah.