We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWe have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
To Egypt we have given a hand, To Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC