Catholic Public Domain Version
"We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us. "
— Lamentations 5:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.”
“Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest. ”
“Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.”
“We are pursued– they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest.”
“We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.”
“Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.”
“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.”
Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners; our houses to outsiders.
We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.
We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.
We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us.
We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not. And we have carried their iniquities.
Servants have become rulers over us. There was no one to redeem us from their hand.