Catholic Public Domain Version
"We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price. "
— Lamentations 5:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.”
“We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us. ”
“We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold to us.”
“We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price.”
“We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.”
“We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.”
“We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.”
Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us. Consider and look kindly upon our disgrace.
Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners; our houses to outsiders.
We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.
We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price.
We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us.
We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not. And we have carried their iniquities.