Lamentations 5:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ To Mitsrayim we have given a hand; To Ashshur, to be satisfied with bread.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians [merely] to get food to satisfy [our hunger].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ We held out a hand to Egypt and to Assyria, to get sufficient food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may be satisfied with bread.

Lamentations 5:6 Cross References

Genesis 24:2

And Aḇ

2 Kings 10:15

And he left there and met Yehonaḏ

Isaiah 57:9

“And you went to the sovereign with ointment, and increased your perfumes. And you sent your messengers far off, and lowered yourself even to the grave.

Jeremiah 2:18

“And now why take the way to Mitsrayim, to drink the waters of Shiḥ

Jeremiah 2:36

“Why do you go about so much to change your way? Even of Mitsrayim you are to be ashamed, as you were ashamed of Ashshur.

Jeremiah 50:15

“Shout against her all around. She has given her hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls are thrown down, for it is the vengeance of יהוה. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so do to her.

Lamentations 4:17

While we exist, our eyes are consumed, Watching vainly for our help. In our watch-tower we watched for a nation That could not save.

Ezekiel 17:18

‘And he despised the oath by breaking the covenant. And see, he has given his hand and he has done all this, he is not going to escape.’ ”

Hosea 12:1

Ephrayim is feeding on wind, and pursuing an east wind. All the day he increases falsehood and ruin. And they make a covenant with Ashshur, and oil is sent to Mitsrayim.

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephrayim saw his sickness, and Yehuḏ

Hosea 7:11

“And Ephrayim has become a simple dove without heart, they have called on Mitsrayim, they have gone to Ashshur.

Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in the land of יהוה, but Ephrayim shall return to Mitsrayim, and eat unclean food in Ashshur.