8. Slaves have become our rulers. No one can save us from them.
9. We risk our lives to get food. There are men in the desert with swords.
10. Our skin is hot like an oven. We have a high fever because of our hunger.
11. The enemy raped the women of Zion. They raped the women in the cities of Judah.
12. The enemy hanged our princes. They didn’t honor our elders.
13. The enemy made our young men grind grain at the mill. Our young men stumbled under loads of wood.
14. The elders no longer sit at the gates of the city. The young men no longer make music.
15. We have no more joy in our hearts. Our dancing has changed to crying for the dead.
16. The crown has fallen from our head. Things have gone bad for us because we sinned.