8. Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
9. We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10. Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
11. They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12. Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.
13. Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.
14. Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.
15. The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
16. The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!