Text -- Lamentations 5:4 (NET)

5:4 We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lam 5:4

¹ tn Heb “silver.” The term “silver” is a synecdoche of species (= silver) for general (= money).

² tn Heb “We drink our water for silver.”

³ tn Heb “our wood comes for a price.”