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We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.

Lamentations 5:4 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયર્મિયાનો વિલાપ ૫:૪
અમે અમારું પાણી પૈસા આપીને પીધું છે, અમે અમારાં પોતાનાં લાકડાં પણ વેચાતાં લીધાં છે.
हिन्दीविलापगीत ५:४
हम मोल लेकर पानी पीते हैं, हमको लकड़ी भी दाम से मिलती है।

In context

2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.

3We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.

4We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.

5Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.

6We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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