Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Hungry and thirsty, they cry to their mothers; They fall in the streets as though they were wounded, And slowly die in their mothers' arms. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers. as the Ezekiel 30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and they shall groan bitterly being slain before his face. soul Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors. Context God's Anger over Jerusalem…11Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the streets of the city. 12Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers.13Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?… Cross References Job 30:16 And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me. Psalm 42:4 These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting. Psalm 62:8 Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. God is our helper for ever. Jeremiah 5:17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest. Lamentations 4:4 Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them. Jump to Previous Bosom Bread Breast Broad City Corn Cry Drained Faint Falling Feeble Grain Itself Life Mothers Mother's Open Pierced Places Pour Poured Pouring Soul Squares Streets Swoon Swooned Wine WoundedJump to Next Bosom Bread Breast Broad City Corn Cry Drained Faint Falling Feeble Grain Itself Life Mothers Mother's Open Pierced Places Pour Poured Pouring Soul Squares Streets Swoon Swooned Wine WoundedLinks Lamentations 2:12 NIVLamentations 2:12 NLT Lamentations 2:12 ESV Lamentations 2:12 NASB Lamentations 2:12 Bible Apps Lamentations 2:12 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 2:12 Chinese Bible Lamentations 2:12 French Bible Lamentations 2:12 German Bible Alphabetical: a and arms as away bosom bread city ebb faint grain in is life like lives man men mothers of On out poured say streets the their They to Where wine wounded OT Prophets: Lamentations 2:12 They tell their mothers Where is grain (Lam. La Lm) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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