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Lamentations 5:6

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5:6We have submitted12 to Egypt and Assyria

in order to buy food to eat.13

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Footnotes

  1. 12 Heb “we have given the hand”; cf. “We have made a pact.” This is a Semitic idiom meaning “to make a treaty with” someone, placing oneself in a subservient position as vassal. The prophets criticized these treaties.
  2. 13 Heb “bread.” The term “bread” is a synecdoche of specific (= bread) for the general (= food).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria,

to get bread enough.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria

to get enough bread.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We made a treaty with Egypt

and with Assyria, to get enough food.

NLTNew Living Translation

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria

to get enough food to survive.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

We have made a deal with Egypt and Assyria

to be satisfied with food.

KJV 1900King James Version

We have given the hand to the Egyptians,

And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.