Lamentations 5:6
We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
In Context
5We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us.
7Our fathers have sinned, and are not. And we have carried their iniquities.
Cross References
Genesis 24:2And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was in charge of all that he had: “Place your hand under my thigh,
Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the sons of apostasy!” says the Lord. For you would take advice, but not from me. And you would begin to weave, but not by my spirit. Thus do you add sin upon sin!
Isaiah 57:9And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell.
Jeremiah 2:36How exceedingly vile you have become, repeating your ways again and again! And so, you will be ashamed of Egypt, just as you were ashamed of Assur.
Jeremiah 50:15Cry out against her! For where she has put forth a hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls have been destroyed. For it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance against her! Just as she has done, do so to her.
Ezekiel 17:18For he has despised an oath, in that he broke the pact. And behold, he had given his hand. And so, since he has done all these things, he shall not escape.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:2-17
An Appeal to God; Complicated Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 1 Remember, O Lord , what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not;… Read the whole commentary →