Lamentations 5:13
Young men, a millstone, have lifted, and, youths, under wood, have staggered.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
In Context
12Princes, by their hand, have been hanged, The faces of elders, not honoured.
14Elders, from the gates, have ceased. Young men, from their music.
Cross References
Exodus 2:11And it came to pass in those days when Moses grew up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens,—and saw, an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew—of his brethren,
Exodus 23:5When thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee sinking down under his burden, and mightest have foreborne to unload him, thou shalt surely help him to unload,
Nehemiah 5:1Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives,—against their brethren the Jews.
Isaiah 47:2Take millstones, and grind meal,—Put back thy veil—tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:
Matthew 23:4But they bind together heavy burdens, and lay upon men’s shoulders, whereas, they, with their finger, are not willing to move them.
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 →