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John Gill's Exposition on Lamentations 5:4

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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We have drunken our water for money, etc.] They who in their own land, which was a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, had wells of water of their own, and water freely and in abundance, now were obliged to pay for it, for drink, and other uses: our wood is sold unto us; or, “comes to us by a price” f137; and a dear one; in their own land they could have wood out of the forest, for cutting down and bringing home; but now they were forced to give a large price for it.
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