Mga Panaghoy 5:6

Filipino Cebuano Bible

6 Among gihatag ang kamot ngadto sa mga Egiptohanon, Ug sa mga Asiriahanon, aron tagbawon sa tinapay.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

given: Genesis 24:2, 2 Kings 10:15, Jeremiah 50:15, Ezekiel 17:18

to the Egyptians: Isaiah 30:1-6, Isaiah 31:1-3, Isaiah 57:9, Jeremiah 2:18, Jeremiah 2:36, Jeremiah 44:12-14, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 7:11, Hosea 9:3, Hosea 12:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 47:19 - buy us Ezra 10:19 - gave their hands Job 15:23 - wandereth Psalms 107:12 - he brought

Gill's Notes on the Bible

We have given our hand [to] the Egyptians,.... Either by way of supplication, to beg bread of them; or by way of covenant and agreement; or to testify subjection to them, in order to be supplied with food: many of the Jews went into Egypt upon the taking of the city, Jeremiah 43:5;

[and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread; among whom many of the captives were dispersed; since from hence they are said to be returned, as well as from Egypt, Isaiah 11:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“To give the hand” means to submit oneself. Absolutely it was Babylon that had just destroyed their national existence, but Jeremiah means that all feelings of patriotism were crushed, and the sole care that remained was the desire for personal preservation. To secure this the people would readily have submitted to the yoke either of Egypt or Assyria, the great powers from which in their past history they had so often suffered.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 6. We have given the hand to the Egyptians — We have sought alliances both with the Egyptians and Assyrians, and made covenants with them in order to get the necessaries of life. Or, wherever we are now driven, we are obliged to submit to the people of the countries in order to the preservation of our lives.