Holy Scripture
Lamentations 5:9
A church father on this verse
“Here is viewed the affliction of hunger. First is shown the people's want; "at the peril of our lives", That is, at a danger to our soul, to our very life. Also, while fleeing into the desert from the face of the sword of Babylon. Or, because, due to loading themselves with foods, they exposed themselves to dangers. A…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9We shall bring in our bread with danger of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
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7Our fathers sinned, and are not: We have borne their iniquities.
8Servants have ruled over us: There is none to ransom us out of their hand.
— Lamentations 5:9 —
10Our skin is blackened like an oven; They are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.
11They humbled the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.