Lamentations 5:4

4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.

Lamentations 5:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
ESV
4 We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.
NLT
4 We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.
MSG
4 We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price.
CSB
4 We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

Lamentations 5:4 In-Context

2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5 Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Isaiah 55:1; Ezekiel 4:16-17
  • 2. Isaiah 3:1
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