Midras Ratapan 5:4: Eikhah Rabbah

מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

Air kami sendiri kami minum dengan membayar uang; kayu bakar kami sendiri kami peroleh dengan membayar.

Eikhah Rabbah

“Our water we drank for money; our wood comes at a price” (Lamentations 5:4).
“Our water we drank for money.” One time, the tormentors entered and took their bread, their wine, their oil, and their water. They then sold it to them. They said: ‘Woe to us that this verse has been realized in our regard: “Our water we drank for money; our wood comes at a price.”’
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