Lamentations 5:7

Old Testament Poetry ASV (1901)

Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

Lamentations 5:7 — American Standard Version

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Context — Lamentations 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

5Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

7Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

8Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

10Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

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