Lamentaciones 5:8

8 Esclavos dominan sobre nosotros, no hay quien nos libre de su mano.

Lamentaciones 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.

Lamentaciones 5:8 In-Context

6 A Egipto y a Asiria nos hemos sometido para saciarnos de pan.

7 Nuestros padres pecaron, ya no existen, y nosotros cargamos con sus iniquidades.

8 Esclavos dominan sobre nosotros, no hay quien nos libre de su mano.

9 Con peligro de nuestras vidas conseguimos nuestro pan, enfrentándonos a la espada del desierto.

10 Nuestra piel quema como un horno, a causa de los ardores del hambre.