Common English Bible

Lamentations 5:2-6 Common English Bible (CEB)

2. Our property has been turned over to strangers;our houses belong to foreigners.

3. We have become orphans, having no father;our mothers are like widows.

4. We drink our own water—but for a price;we gather our own wood—but pay for it.

5. Our hunters have been at our necks;we are worn out, but have no rest.

6. We held out a hand to Egyptand to Assyria, to get sufficient food.