Lamentaciones 5:4

4 El agua que bebemos, tenemos que pagarla;la leña, tenemos que comprarla.

Lamentaciones 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:4

We have drunken our water for money
They who in their own land, which was a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, had wells of water of their own, and water freely and in abundance, now were obliged to pay for it, for drink, and other uses: our wood is sold unto us;
or, "comes to us by a price" F18; and a dear one; in their own land they could have wood out of the forest, for cutting down and bringing home; but now they were forced to give a large price for it.


FOOTNOTES:

F18 (waby ryxmb) "in pretio venerunt", Pagninus, Montanus; "caro nobis pretio veniunt", Michaelis.

Lamentaciones 5:4 In-Context

2 Nuestra heredad ha caído en manos extrañas;nuestro hogar, en manos de extranjeros.
3 No tenemos padre, hemos quedado huérfanos;viudas han quedado nuestras madres.
4 El agua que bebemos, tenemos que pagarla;la leña, tenemos que comprarla.
5 Los que nos persiguen nos pisan los talones;estamos fatigados y no hallamos descanso.
6 Entramos en tratos con Egipto y con Asiriapara conseguir alimentos.
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