Lamentations 5:9
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”Lamentations 5:9
What Does Lamentations 5:9 Mean?
Lamentations 5:9 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 5, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 5:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Judges 5:11“They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.”Ezekiel 4:16“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:”Genesis 47:19“Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.”Psalms 59:15“Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.”Jeremiah 40:9“And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”Ezekiel 12:18“Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;”Judges 6:11“And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.”2 Samuel 23:17“And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.”Job 15:23“He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.”Jeremiah 41:1“Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.”Jeremiah 41:18“Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.”Jeremiah 42:14“Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:”Jeremiah 42:16“Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.”
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