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Lamentations Chapter 5 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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BBE Lamentations 5:6

We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.
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DARBY Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
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KJV Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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WBT Lamentations 5:6

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WEB Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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YLT Lamentations 5:6

`To' Egypt we have given a hand, `To' Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - We have given the hand, etc. Starvation awaits the Jews unless they submit to one or the other of their hereditary foes. Some escape to Egypt and "give the hand" (i.e. surrender, Jeremiah 1:15) to the lords of the fertile Nile valley; others acquiesce in the fate of the majority, and sue for the alms of the Babylonians.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) We have given the hand.--The recognised phrase for submission (Jeremiah 1:15). "Assyria," as in Jeremiah 2:18; Ezra 6:22, stands for "Babylon." The people had been forced by sheer pressure of hunger to submit to one or other of these princes. "Egypt" refers, probably, to the fugitives who had sought a home in that country (Jeremiah 42:14).