Lamentations · אֵיכָה

Lamentations 5:4

מֵימֵ֤ינוּ בְּכֶ֙סֶף֙ שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃
meymeynv bkesef shatiynv ʿeṣeynv bimḥiyr yaboʾv
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.

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