5. Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6. We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7. Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.
8. Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
9. We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
10. Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.
11. Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12. Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
13. Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.