Lamentations 5:5 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Our necks {are} under persecution: we labour, {and} have no rest. {Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}”

Lamentations 5:5

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We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers {are} as widows.

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. {is...: Heb. cometh for price}

Our necks {are} under persecution: we labour, {and} have no rest. {Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}

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

Our fathers have sinned, {and are} not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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Lamentations 5:1

"Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."

Lamentations 5:2

"Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."

Lamentations 5:3

"We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers {are} as widows."

Lamentations 5:4

"We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. {is...: Heb. cometh for price}"

Lamentations 5:6

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

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