Lamentations 5:6-7

5:6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria

in order to buy food to eat.

5:7 Our forefathers sinned and are dead,

but we suffer their punishment.

Lamentations 5:9

5:9 At the risk of our lives we get our food

because robbers lurk in the countryside.

Lamentations 5:16

5:16 The crown has fallen from our head;

woe to us, for we have sinned!