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Lamentations 5:6-8
Amplified Bible
Lamentations 5:6-8
Amplified Bible
6
We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
7
Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is [a]we who have carried their sin.(A)
8
Servants rule over us;
There is no one to rescue us out of their hand.(B)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:7 Both forefathers and sons were responsible for the disaster that had come on Jerusalem. This generation was equally deserving of punishment.
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