Lamentations 5:8-10

Christian Standard Bible

⁸Slaves rule over us;^(A)
no one rescues us from them.
⁹We secure our food at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the wilderness.
¹⁰Our skin is as hot^[a] as an oven^(B)
from the ravages of hunger.

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5:10 Or black; Hb obscure

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