8. Slaves have now become our masters;there is no one left to rescue us.
9. We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,for violence rules the countryside.
10. The famine has blackened our skinas though baked in an oven.
11. Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalemand the young girls in all the towns of Judah.
12. Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs,and our elders are treated with contempt.