NET Bible
"Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power."
— Lamentations 5:8, NET Bible
“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”
“Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand. ”
“Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.”
“Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.”
“Servants are ruling over us, and there is no one to make us free from their hands.”
“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”
We are pursued– they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest.
We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat.
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.
At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the wilderness.
Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.
They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.