NET Bible
"We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price."
— Lamentations 5:4, NET Bible
“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 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.”
The People of Jerusalem Pray: O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers; foreigners now occupy our homes.
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.
We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price.
We are pursued– they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest.
We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat.
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.