Lamentations 5:8

8 1Slaves rule over us; There is 2no one to deliver us from their hand.

Lamentations 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.

Lamentations 5:8 In-Context

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.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Nehemiah 5:15
  • 2. Psalms 7:2; Zechariah 11:6
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