2 Our land has been turned over to strangers.Our houses have been given to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans with no father.Our mothers have become like widows.
4 We have to buy the water we drink.We must pay for the wood for our fires.
5 They work us hard as if we were animals with a yoke on our necks.We get tired and have no rest.
6 We made an agreement with Egyptand with Assyria to get enough food.
7 Our ancestors sinned against you. But they are gone.Now we must suffer because of their sins.
8 Slaves have become our rulers.There is no one who can save us from them.