5:2 Our inheritance 1 is turned over to strangers;
foreigners now occupy our homes. 2
5:3 We have become fatherless orphans;
our mothers have become widows.
5:4 We must pay money 3 for our own water; 4
we must buy our own wood at a steep price. 5
5:5 We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; 6
we are weary and have no rest. 7
5:6 We have submitted 8 to Egypt and Assyria
in order to buy food to eat. 9