2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to foreigners.
3We have become fatherless orphans;
our mothers are widows.
4We must buy the water we drink;
our wood comes at a price.
5We are closely pursued;
we are weary and find no rest.
6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
to get enough bread.
— Lamentations 5:2-6