Lamentations 5:8

8 Des esclaves dominent sur nous, et personne ne nous délivre de leurs mains.

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 Nous avons tendu la main vers l'Égypte et vers l'Assyrie, pour nous rassasier de pain.
7 Nos pères ont péché, ils ne sont plus; et nous, nous portons la peine de leur iniquité.
8 Des esclaves dominent sur nous, et personne ne nous délivre de leurs mains.
9 Nous cherchons notre pain au péril de notre vie, à cause de l'épée du désert.
10 Notre peau est brûlée comme un four, par l'ardeur véhémente de la faim.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.