Lamentations 5:4

Modern English Version

We must pay for the water we drink; our wood is sold to us.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:36

“Behold, we are slaves today. The land that You gave to our fathers was for eating its fruit and its goodness. Behold, we have become slaves in it,

Isaiah 3:1

For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stock and the store, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

Isaiah 55:1

Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Deuteronomy 28:48

Therefore, you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and need of all things, and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.