Lamentations 5:4

4 We have to pay for our drinking 1water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

Lamentations 5:4 In-Context

2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
3 We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.
4 We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
5 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Cross References 1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "We drink our water for silver"
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