Lamentations 5:3
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.”Lamentations 5:3
What Does Lamentations 5:3 Mean?
Lamentations 5:3 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 5, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 7 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (7)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 5:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 22:24“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”Jeremiah 18:21“Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.”John 14:18“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”Psalms 109:9“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”Jeremiah 15:8“Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.”Hosea 14:3“Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.”Jeremiah 6:12“And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.”
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