Lamentations 5:6 (YLT)

Passage

<FI> To<Fi> Egypt we have given a hand, <FI>To<Fi> Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

Lamentations 5:5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured--there hath been no rest for us.

Lamentations 5:6 <FI> To<Fi> Egypt we have given a hand, <FI>To<Fi> Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned--they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

Lamentations 5:8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "egypt", "given", "hand", "asshur", "satisfied", and "bread". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "egypt" and "given", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For our neck we have been pursued..." into verse 7's "Our fathers have sinned--they are not We...", so "egypt" and "given" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "egypt" and "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.