Lamentations 5:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:4 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. is...: Heb. cometh for price" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:4 — KJV
“We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. is...: Heb. cometh for price”
— Lamentations 5:4 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:4 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 5:4
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. pools...: Heb. gathering of their waters”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:4: water, wood, heb
“But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. cometh...: Heb. turneth toward”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:4: water, heb, cometh
“Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. none...: Heb. not be cut off from you”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:4: water, wood, heb
“And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:4: water, wood, heb
“And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses that every...: Heb. of the souls of his estimation cometh...: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:4: money, heb, cometh
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