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Lamentations 5:6
We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
Lamentations 5:6 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Lamentations 5:6 in other translations
We 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.
We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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In context
3 We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
6 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.
9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.
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