Lamentations 5:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ Slaves rule over us.
    No one can set us free
    from their power.
⁹ We put our lives in danger just to get some bread to eat.
    Robbers in the desert might kill us with their swords.
¹⁰ Our skin is as hot as an oven.
    We are so hungry we’re burning up with fever.