Lamentations 5:4

Modern

We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

Traditional

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

Literal

Our water for silver we drink, and our wood comes in with a price.

Latin

Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus; ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.

Hebrew

English

We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).

Isaiah 3:1
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
Deuteronomy 28:48
…you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Ezekiel 4:9–17
But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.