Lamentations 5:6
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Lamentations 5:6 in other translations
| BSB | We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. |
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| WEB | We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. |
| ASV | We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. |
| YLT | To Egypt we have given a hand, To Asshur, to be satisfied with bread. |
| DARBY | We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread. |
| BBE | We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread. |
| Webster | We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. |
What does Lamentations 5:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 5:1-16
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favour. Verses 1-16 Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned!…
Lamentations 5:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 5:6
- Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
- Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
- Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
- Hosea 7:11
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
- Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
- Jeremiah 2:36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
- Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
- Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
- Isaiah 31:1-3
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord! Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
- Jeremiah 44:12-14
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
- Isaiah 57:9
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
- 2 Kings 10:15
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
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Context
- Lamentations 5:5
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
- Lamentations 5:6
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
- Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Lamentations 5:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Al Egipcio y al Asirio dimos la mano, para saciarnos de pan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Nous avons tendu la main vers l’Égypte, vers l’Assyrie, pour être rassasiés de pain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ägypten reichen wir die Hand und Assyrien, um mit Brot gesättigt zu werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ægypto dedimus manum et Assyriis, ut saturaremur pane. |