Lamentations 5:6 KJV — MannaFest

Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

KJV

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ASV

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

WEB

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

YLT

To Egypt we have given a hand, To Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

DBT

We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

About this book

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Lamentations — 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

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17 verses on the floor

Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Jeremiah 2:36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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17 ), for it was a fruitful land; but now it eats up the inhabitants, and they are glad to make court to the Egyptians and Assyrians. (2.) Others of them ventured their lives for it (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

given . . . hand to--in token of submission (see on Jer 50:15). to . . . Egyptians--at the death of Josiah (2Ch 36:3, 4). Assyrians--that is, the Chaldeans who occupied the empire which Assyria had held.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

We - The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, and many of the kingdom of Judah fled into Egypt. Giving the hand may signify labouring for them: or, yielding up themselves to their power.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LAM 5:6HOS 7:11 HOS 5:13
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
LAM 5:6HOS 7:11 HOS 12:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LAM 5:6HOS 9:3 EZE 4:13
LAM 5:6GEN 24:2 GEN 47:29
LAM 5:6HOS 9:3 HOS 8:13
LAM 5:6HOS 9:3 LEV 25:23
LAM 5:6GEN 24:2 GEN 39:4-6
LAM 5:6HOS 9:3 JER 2:7

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