Lamentations 5:6

6 To get food enough to stay alive, we went begging to Egypt and Assyria.

Lamentations 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:6

We have given our hand [to] the Egyptians
Either by way of supplication, to beg bread of them; or by way of covenant and agreement; or to testify subjection to them, in order to be supplied with food: many of the Jews went into Egypt upon the taking of the city, ( Jeremiah 43:5-7 ) ; [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread;
among whom many of the captives were dispersed; since from hence they are said to be returned, as well as from Egypt, ( Isaiah 11:16 ) .

Lamentations 5:6 In-Context

4 We must pay for the water we drink; we must buy the wood we need for fuel.

5 Driven hard like donkeys or camels, we are tired, but are allowed no rest.

6 To get food enough to stay alive, we went begging to Egypt and Assyria.

7 Our ancestors sinned, but now they are gone, and we are suffering for their sins.

8 Our rulers are no better than slaves, and no one can save us from their power.