THEOSISLamentations 5:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Hos 12:1Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
- Hos 9:3They shall not dwell in the Lord's land: Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten unclean things among the Assyrians.
- Jer 2:36How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
- Gen 24:2And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,
- Hos 7:11And Ephraim is become as a dove that is decoyed, not having a heart: they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians.
- Hos 5:13And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Juda his band: and Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to the avenging king: and he shall not be able to heal you, neither shall he be able to take off the band from you.
- Jer 2:18And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?
- Ezek 17:18For he had despised the oath, breaking his covenant, and behold he hath given his hand: and having done all these things, he shall not escape.