Lamentations 5:6

6 Aegypto dedimus manum et Assyriis ut saturaremur pane

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 aquam nostram pecunia bibimus ligna nostra pretio conparavimus

5 cervicibus minabamur lassis non dabatur requies

6 Aegypto dedimus manum et Assyriis ut saturaremur pane

7 patres nostri peccaverunt et non sunt et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus

8 servi dominati sunt nostri non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum