Lamentations 5:6

6 We have submitted * to ¹Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

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 have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

5 Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.

8 Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

Cross References

• 1. Hosea 9:3; Hosea 12:1

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "given the hand to"
• [b] Lit "to be satisfied with"