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Lamentations 1:14 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Lamentations 1:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 1 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.”
Lamentations 1:14 (KJV)
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Commentary on Lamentations 1:14
The metaphor shifts to a yoke: "The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand" (niskad ol pesha'ai be-yado yishtargu, נִשְׂקַד עֹל פְּשָׁעַי בְּיָדוֹ יִשְׂתָּרְגוּ). God Himself fastens the yoke of sin's consequences upon His people. The verb sakar (שָׂקַר) means to weave together or intertwine—sins are woven into an inescapable burden. This illustrates how sins accumulate and compound. Individual transgressions weave together into systemic bondage. The yoke "is come up upon my neck" (alu al-tsavari)—the burden crushes. "He hath made my strength to fall" (hikshal kochi) shows the yoke's e...
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Cross-References for Lamentations 1:14
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“in hunger”
“I profaned my inheritance”
“behold”
“the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations”
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself”
“behold”
“that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon”
“and deliver you into the hands of strangers”
“(in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah”
“and there shall he be until I visit him”