22 Visiting fitting punishment upon you, Fair Edom, God will expose your sinfulness. But He Will eXile You no further, Fair Zion: your punishment is complete.
CHAPTER 5
1 Remember what has become of us, Lord. Just look and see our deplorable condition.
2 Our rightful inheritance has been usurped by strangers. Our homes have gone to outsiders.
3 We have been orphaned, bereft of a father. Our mothers are as widows.
4 We must pay to drink our own water. Every scrap of firewood comes at a price.
5 Our pursuers are breathing down our very necks. Though exhausted, we have no prospect of rest.
6 We have turned to Egypt, imploring them for relief, and to Assyria to provide us with bread.
7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we suffer the consequences of their transgressions.
8 Slaves rule over us and there is no one to free us from their clutches.
9 We obtain bread at the risk of our very lives; mortal danger is everywhere.
10 Our skin burns like an oven; our hunger has left us feverish.
11 They have ravished women in Zion, our young daughters in the towns of Judah.
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