Lamentations 5:6, 9
Lamentations 5:6 AMP
We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Lamentations 5:9 AMP
We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].