Lamentations 4:18
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.”Lamentations 4:18
What Does Lamentations 4:18 Mean?
Lamentations 4:18 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 4, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 4:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Amos 8:2“And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.”Psalms 140:11“Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”Ezekiel 7:2“Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.”Jeremiah 16:16“Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.”Lamentations 3:52“Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.”Judges 5:6“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.”1 Samuel 24:11“Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.”1 Samuel 24:14“After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.”2 Kings 25:4“And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.”Job 10:16“For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.”Jeremiah 1:12“Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.”Jeremiah 39:4“And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.”Jeremiah 51:13“O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.”Jeremiah 51:33“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.”Jeremiah 52:7“Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.”Lamentations 1:3“Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.”Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?”Ezekiel 12:27“Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.”Micah 7:2“The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.”
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