Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion. Cross References Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man. 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their choice young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Psalm 78:62 He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. Psalm 78:63 Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. Jeremiah 6:11 But I am full of the LORD's wrath; I am tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old. Jeremiah 13:14 I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.'" Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish. Lamentations 3:43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. Amos 8:13 In that day the lovely young women, the young men as well, will faint from thirst. Zechariah 11:6 For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land," declares the LORD, "but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hand of his neighbor and of his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands." Chapter Outline 1. Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem20. He complains thereof to God Jump to Previous Anger Causing Child Death Dust Earth Fallen Ground Killed Lie Maidens Mercy Out-Places Pitied Pity Slain Slaughtered Slaughtering Spared Sparing Streets Stretched Sword Together Unsparingly Virgins Wrath Young YouthJump to Next Anger Causing Child Death Dust Earth Fallen Ground Killed Lie Maidens Mercy Out-Places Pitied Pity Slain Slaughtered Slaughtering Spared Sparing Streets Stretched Sword Together Unsparingly Virgins Wrath Young Youth |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge young Deuteronomy 28:50 Joshua 6:21 1 Samuel 15:3 2 Chronicles 36:17 Esther 3:13 Jeremiah 51:22 Ezekiel 9:6 my virgins Lamentations 1:15, 18 Psalm 78:63 Jeremiah 9:21 Jeremiah 11:22 Jeremiah 18:21 Amos 4:10 thou hast killed Lamentations 2:2, 17 Lamentations 3:43 Isaiah 27:11 Jeremiah 13:14 Jeremiah 21:7 Ezekiel 5:11 Ezekiel 7:4, 9 Ezekiel 8:18 Ezekiel 9:5, 10 Zechariah 11:6 Links Lamentations 2:21 NIVLamentations 2:21 NLT Lamentations 2:21 ESV Lamentations 2:21 NASB Lamentations 2:21 KJV Lamentations 2:21 Bible Apps Lamentations 2:21 Parallel Lamentations 2:21 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 2:21 Chinese Bible Lamentations 2:21 French Bible Lamentations 2:21 German Bible Lamentations 2:21 Commentaries Bible Hub |