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Lamentations 1:20 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Lamentations 1:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 1 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.”
Lamentations 1:20 (KJV)
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Commentary on Lamentations 1:20
Honest appeal: "Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me" (re'eh YHWH ki-tsar-li me'ai chomaru libי nehpakh be-kirbi). The physical descriptions—"bowels troubled" (me'ai chomaru) and "heart turned within me" (libi nehpakh be-kirbi)—convey visceral anguish. Hebrew anthropology located emotions in physical organs: bowels (me'ah) for compassion and distress, heart (lev) for thought and will. The phrase "for I have grievously rebelled" (ki marokh mariti) uses emphatic construction: "rebelling, I have rebelled"—acknowledging willful, serious disob...
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Cross-References for Lamentations 1:20
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“my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth”
“but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
“and in the chambers”
“and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city”
“and my inward parts for Kir Heres.”
“and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me.”
“my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard”
“For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.”
“and says”
“and will tell him”