Lamentations 5:6
[To] Egypt we have given a hand, || [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
Literal Standard 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
5For our neck we have been pursued, || We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
7Our fathers have sinned—they are not, || We have borne their iniquities.
Cross References
Genesis 24:2and Abraham says to his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he has, “Please put your hand under my thigh,
Isaiah 30:1Woe [to] apostate sons, || A declaration of YHWH! To do counsel, and not from Me, || And to spread out a covering, and not of My Spirit, || So as to add sin to sin.
Isaiah 57:9And go joyfully to the king in ointment, || And multiply your perfumes, || And send your ambassadors far off, || And humble yourself to Sheol.
Jeremiah 2:36What? You are very vile to repeat your way, || You are even ashamed of Egypt, || As you have been ashamed of Asshur,
Jeremiah 50:15Shout against her all around, || She has given forth her hand, || Her foundations have fallen, || Her walls have been thrown down, || For it [is] the vengeance of YHWH, || Be avenged of her, as she did—do to her.
Ezekiel 17:18And he despised the oath—to break covenant, || And behold, he has given his hand, || And all these he has done—he does 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 →