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Lamentations 5:4-6
International Standard Version
Lamentations 5:4-6
International Standard Version
4 We pay to drink our own water,
and our own wood is sold to us at high price.
5 Our pursuers breathe down[a] our necks;
we are weary, but there is no rest for us.
6 We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians
for the price of food.[b]
Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:5 Lit. pursuers are on
- Lamentations 5:6 Lit. Assyrians, being satisfied with bread
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