Matthew Poole and continuators on Lamentations 5:4
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Lamentations5:4
4 We have drunken our water for mony, our wood is sold to us .
This seemeth to refer to the state of the Jews in Babylon where it is probable their adversaries made them buy both Water and Wood, which in the Land of Canaan they had plentifully and without any further charge to them, then fetching the one, and cutting down and bringing home the other.
Marginal references: Heb. cometh for price.
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