Lamentations 5:4

“We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.”

"We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us." - Lamentations 5:4
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What does Lamentations 5:4 mean?

Lamentations 5:4 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us." This verse is a part of the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of its…

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The Cost of Salvation: A Reflection on Lamentations 5:4

In an ever-evolving world filled with instant gratification and consumerism, the haunting words of Lamentations 5:4 echo profound truths about the human condition and our relationship with God. The verse states, "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us." At…

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Prayer for Deliverance from Injustice and Oppression

Heavenly Father, We come before You with heavy hearts, seeking Your wisdom, guidance, and intervention in the trials we face in this world. As we reflect on the poignant verse from Lamentations 5:4, "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us," we are reminded…

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Lamentations 5:4 - "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us."
Lamentations 4:5 - "They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."
"They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills." - Lamentations 4:5
Lamentations 5:5 - "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest."
Lamentations 5:11 - "They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 5:2 - "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Lamentations 5:7 - "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
Lamentations 5:15 - "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
Lamentations 5:6 - "We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread."
Lamentations 5:10 - "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."
Lamentations 5:13 - "They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood."
Lamentations 5:12 - "Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
Lamentations 3:5 - "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
Lamentations 5:14 - "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick."
Lamentations 5:9 - "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
Lamentations 5:19 – "You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation."
Lamentations 5:19 - "Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation."
"Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." - Lamentations 5:5
Lamentations 4:4 - "The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them."
Lamentations 5:8 - "Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand."
Lamentations 5:1 - "Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."
Lamentations 5:22 - "But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us."
Lamentations 5:20 - "Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?"
Lamentations 5:16 - "The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"
"We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows." - Lamentations 5:3
"They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah." - Lamentations 5:11