We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
“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…
Adam Clarke
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…
Is any afflicted? let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his trouble. The people of God do so here; being overwhelmed with grief, they give vent…
Cambridge Bible
Not only are they subject to privations at home, but they have been driven by them into servitude abroad. Hos 7:11 also combines Egypt and Assyria. The distance of the latter has caused it to be…
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