Lamentations 4:19
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.”Lamentations 4:19
What Does Lamentations 4:19 Mean?
Lamentations 4:19 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 4, verse 19 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 4:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 28:49“The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;”Jeremiah 4:13“Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.”Habakkuk 1:8“Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.”Isaiah 5:26“And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:”2 Samuel 1:23“Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.”Isaiah 30:16“But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.”Hosea 8:1“Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.”Leviticus 11:13“And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,”2 Kings 25:6“So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.”Job 9:26“They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.”Jeremiah 48:40“For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.”Jeremiah 52:8“But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.”Lamentations 5:5“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.”Ezekiel 12:13“My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.”Ezekiel 17:3“And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:”Daniel 7:4“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.”Hosea 8:3“Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.”Amos 2:14“Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:”Amos 9:1“I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.”Matthew 24:27“For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
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