Lamentations 5:6
We have submitted to the Mitzrayim, 1 and to the Assyrians, to get enough lechem. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
In Context
5Our necks are under persecution; 1 we are weary, and have no rest. 1
7Avoteinu have sinned, and are no more; 1 and we have borne their iniquities. 1
Cross References
Genesis 24:2And Avraham said unto his eved zekan of his bais, hamoshel (that ruled) over all that he had, Put, now, thy yad under my thigh;
Isaiah 30:1Hoy (woe, doom) to the banim sorerim (obstinately rebellious children), saith Hashem, 1 that take etzah, but not from Me; 1 and in their plans weave a web, but not of My Ruach, 1 that they may heap up chattat upon chattat; 1
Isaiah 57:9And thou wentest to Melech; + 57:9 i.e., the pagan g-d Molech, the deity of sacrificed offspring and abortions 1 with shemen thou didst increase thy perfumes, 1 and didst send thy + 57:9 political envoys far, 1 even down unto Sheol. 1
Jeremiah 2:36Why doest thou gad about so much 1 to change the course of thy derech? 1 Thou also shalt be ashamed of Mitzrayim, 1 as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 1
Jeremiah 50:15Shout against her all around; 1 she hath surrendered her yad; 1 her bulwarks are fallen, 1 her chomot (walls) are torn down; 1 for it is the vengeance of Hashem; 1 take vengeance upon her; 1 just as she hath done, do unto her. 1
Ezekiel 17:18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the brit, when, hinei, he had given his yad, + 17:18 i.e., promised by oath and still did 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 →