Ratapan 5:4

5:4 We must pay money ¹  for our own water; ² 

we must buy our own wood at a steep price. ³ 

[5:4]  ¹ tn Heb “silver.” The term “silver” is a synecdoche of species (= silver) for general (= money).

[5:4]  ² tn Heb “We drink our water for silver.”

[5:4]  ³ tn Heb “our wood comes for a price.”