Lamentations 5:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:6 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:6 — KJV
“We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”
— Lamentations 5:6 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:6 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 5:6
“And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:6: hand, bread
“And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:6: hand, bread
“And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:6: egyptians, bread
“And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:6: egyptians, bread
“And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:6: egyptians, bread
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