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 suffer because of their sins.
8 Slaves have become our rulers,and no one can save us from them.
9 We risk our lives to get our food;we face death in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot like an oven;we burn with starvation.
11 The enemy abused the women of Jerusalemand the girls in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung by the hands;they did not respect our elders.