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Lamentations 1:11 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Lamentations 1:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 1 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. to: or, to make the soul to come again”
Lamentations 1:11 (KJV)
Historical Context for Lamentations 1:11
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Commentary on Lamentations 1:11
The personified city cries: "All her people sigh, they seek bread" (kol-amah ne'enachim mevakshim lechem). The verb anach (אָנַח, "sigh, groan") indicates deep distress. "Seeking bread" describes the siege's famine. Verse 19 reveals even priests and elders "gave up the ghost" while seeking food. The phrase "they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul" (natnu machmudihem be-okhel lehashiv nafesh) shows people bartering family treasures and heirlooms for food—the ultimate desperation. Material possessions prove worthless when survival is at stake. This challenges materiali...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:11
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“in the ninth day of the month”
“these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet”
“Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city”
“until your high and fortified walls come down”
“and no man breaks it to them.”
“Yahweh”
“for he will pluck my feet out of the net.”
“Yahweh”
“[but] they deceived me: My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city”
“they besieged it”