Lamentations 1:18
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.”Lamentations 1:18
What Does Lamentations 1:18 Mean?
Lamentations 1:18 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 1, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Repentance, and Sin.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 1:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 119:75“I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.”Exodus 9:27“And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.”1 Samuel 12:14“If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:”Zephaniah 3:5“The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.”Jeremiah 12:1“Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?”Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.”Leviticus 26:14“But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;”Nehemiah 9:33“Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:”Psalms 102:10“Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.”Psalms 107:11“Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:”Isaiah 63:10“But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.”Jeremiah 32:23“And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:”Lamentations 3:42“We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.”Daniel 9:8“O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.”Amos 8:13“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”Zechariah 1:6“But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.”Genesis 45:21“And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.”Deuteronomy 28:32“Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand:”Deuteronomy 29:22“So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;”Deuteronomy 32:4“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”
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