Lamentations 5:6-8

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⁶We have made a pact with^[a] Egypt and Assyria,
    to get enough bread.
⁷Our ancestors sinned; they are no more,
    and we bear their iniquities.
⁸Slaves rule over us;
    there is no one to deliver us from their hand.

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Lamentations 5:6 Heb have given the hand to

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