עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לא [וְלֹ֥א] הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽנוּ׃
To our very necks we are pursued; We labour, and have no rest.
Rashi on Lamentations
We are hounded around our necks. Because of the yoke of hard labor.
Rashi on Lamentations
We exhaust ourselves. To gather money and property.
Rashi on Lamentations
But nothing remains for us. [Of] our toil in our hands, because the enemies would collect and seize everything for taxes, head taxes, and property taxes.2Alternatively, ‘and we were given no rest [ולא הונח לנו].’