7. Our fathers have sinned and are gone,but we are burdened with their iniquities.
8. Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue usfrom their power.
9. We get our bread at the risk of our livesbecause of the desert heat.
10. Our skin is as hot as an ovenbecause of the burning heat of famine.
11. Women have been raped in Zion,young women in Judah’s cities.
12. Officials have been hung up by their hands;elders have been shown no respect.
13. Young men have carried grinding stones;boys have stumbled under loads of wood.