[a]We have to pay for our drinking (A)water,
Our wood comes to us at a price.

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  1. Lamentations 5:4 Lit We drink our water with silver

We must buy the water we drink;(A)
    our wood can be had only at a price.(B)

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18 “Son of man, (A)eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. 19 Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord God says concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because [a]their land will be [b](B)stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it.

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  1. Ezekiel 12:19 Lit her
  2. Ezekiel 12:19 Lit deserted

18 “Son of man, tremble as you eat your food,(A) and shudder in fear as you drink your water. 19 Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything(B) in it because of the violence of all who live there.(C)

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