Lamentations 5:4 meaning and explanation
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
Lamentations 5:4, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the surviving community in Jerusalem after the Babylonians destroyed the city in 586 BC, and the whole chapter is a prayer addressed directly to God. In verse 4 the people describe daily survival under occupation: water and firewood, once freely available, now have to be purchased.
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