Lamentaciones 5:4

4 Por el agua que bebemos tenemos que pagar, nuestra leña nos llega por precio.

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 pasado a extraños, nuestras casas a extranjeros.
3 Hemos quedado huérfanos, sin padre, nuestras madres, como viudas.
4 Por el agua que bebemos tenemos que pagar, nuestra leña nos llega por precio.
5 Sobre nuestros cuellos están nuestros perseguidores; no hay descanso para nosotros, estamos agotados.
6 A Egipto y a Asiria nos hemos sometido para saciarnos de pan.
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