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Lamentations 5:8
8Slaves now rule us. And there is nobody to save us from their power.
Lamentations 5:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
- New International Version (NIV)Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.
Context of Lamentations 5:8
6We gave ourselves to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, so that we could get food to eat. 7Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead. Now we have the troubles that you caused because of them. You punished us because of their sin. Slaves now rule us. And there is nobody to save us from their power. 9We meet danger when we work in the fields. Enemies are everywhere and they want to kill us. 10Our skin feels as if we are burning. We are so hungry that we are ill.
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עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 5:8
- Genesis 9:25He said, ‘I curse Canaan! He will become a slave that must serve his brothers.’
- Deuteronomy 28:43Foreign people who live among you will become stronger and stronger. They will have more and more power over you, as you become weaker.
- Nehemiah 2:19But Sanballat, Tobiah and an Arab man called Geshem heard about what we were doing. They laughed at us and they insulted us. They said, ‘What are you trying to do? Have you turned against the king's authority?’
- Nehemiah 5:15The officers who ruled there before I came made much trouble for the people. They took food and wine from the people, as well as 40 silver coins every day. Their servants also gave the people much trouble. But I did not live like them, because I wanted to please God.
- Proverbs 30:22A slave who becomes a king. A fool who eats too much.
- Job 5:4Their children are never truly safe. The judge says that they are guilty, and nobody saves them from punishment.
- Job 10:7You know that I am not guilty. But you also know that no one can save me from your power.
- Psalms 7:2If you do not keep me safe, my enemies will tear me into pieces. They will attack me like lions do, and nobody will be able to save me.
- Psalms 50:22So think carefully about this, all you people who have turned away from me. If not, I will tear you into pieces, and nobody will be able to save you.
- Isaiah 43:13‘Today and every day, I am God. If I hold you in my hand, nobody can take you away from my power. When I do something, nobody can change it.’
- Hosea 2:10I will remove her clothes for all her lovers to see her as she really is. Nobody will be able to rescue her from my power.
- Zechariah 11:6The Lord says, ‘The people in this country were my people, but they are not my people now. I will not go on being kind to them. I myself will give them to their enemies and to foreign kings. The foreign kings will do very bad things to the country, but I will not come to help.’
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Servants have ruled over us - To be subject to such is the most painful and dishonorable bondage: - Quio domini faciant, audent cum talia fures? Virg. Ecl. 3:16. "Since slaves so insolent are grown, What may not masters do?" Perhaps he here alludes to the Chaldean soldiers, whose will the wretched Jews were obliged to obey.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Servants - i. e. Slaves. A terrible degradation to a high-spirited Jew.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Servants ... ruled ... us--Servants under the Chaldean governors ruled the Jews (Ne 5:15). Israel, once a "kingdom of priests" (Ex 19:6), is become like Canaan, "a servant of servants," according to the curse (Ge 9:25). The Chaldeans were designed to be "servants" of Shem, being descended from Ham (Ge 9:26). Now through the Jews' sin, their positions are reversed.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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