Lamentazioni 5:8

8 Degli schiavi dominano su noi, e non v’è chi ci liberi dalle loro mani.

Lamentazioni 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:8

Servants have ruled over us
The Targum is,

``the sons of Ham, who were given to be servants to the sons of Shem, they have ruled over us;''

referring to the prophecy of Noah, ( Genesis 9:26 Genesis 9:27 ) ; or such as had been tributary to the Jews, as the Edomites; so Aben Ezra; the Babylon, an, are meant; and not the nobles and principal inhabitants only, but even their servants, had power and authority over the Jews and they were at their beck and command; which made their servitude the more disagreeable and intolerable: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand;
out of the hand of these servants.

Lamentazioni 5:8 In-Context

6 Abbiam teso la mano verso l’Egitto e verso l’Assiria, per saziarci di pane.

7 I nostri padri hanno peccato, e non sono più; e noi portiamo la pena delle loro iniquità.

8 Degli schiavi dominano su noi, e non v’è chi ci liberi dalle loro mani.

9 Noi raccogliamo il nostro pane col rischio della nostra vita, affrontando la spada del deserto.

10 La nostra pelle brucia come un forno, per l’arsura della fame.