Catholic Public Domain Version
"We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread. "
— Lamentations 5:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”
“We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. ”
“We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”
“We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat.”
“We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.”
“We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.”
“We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”
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.
Servants have become rulers over us. There was no one to redeem us from their hand.
We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives, before the face of the sword, in the wilderness.