We — The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, and many of the kingdom of Judah fled into Egypt. Giving the hand may signify labouring for them: or, yielding up themselves to their power.
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Lamentations 5:6
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.