Lamentations 5:6 · KJV
“We have given the hand {to} the Egyptians, {and to} the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”
— Lamentations 5:6
Our necks {are} under persecution: we labour, {and} have no rest. {Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}
Our fathers have sinned, {and are} not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Lamentations 5 — Context
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. {is...: Heb. cometh for price}
5Our necks {are} under persecution: we labour, {and} have no rest. {Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}
6We have given the hand {to} the Egyptians, {and to} the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7Our fathers have sinned, {and are} not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8Servants have ruled over us: {there is} none that doth deliver {us} out of their hand.
Cross References
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.
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.
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.
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah {saw} his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. {king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead}
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:
Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it {is} the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.