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Lamentations 1:4 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Lamentations 1:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 1 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.”
Lamentations 1:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 1:4
The poetic imagery is striking: "The ways of Zion do mourn" (darkei Tsiyon avelot, דַּרְכֵי צִיּוֹן אֲבֵלוֹת). Roads are personified as mourning—an unusual Hebrew construction suggesting nature itself grieves when God's purposes are thwarted. These "ways of Zion" were paths pilgrims traveled for appointed feasts. Now empty, they "mourn" the absence of worshipers. "Because none come to the solemn feasts" (mibli ba'ei mo'ed) explains why. The Hebrew mo'ed (מוֹעֵד) refers to appointed times—Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles. Deuteronomy 16:16 required all males to appear before the LORD three tim...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:4
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“a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation”
“Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”
“behold”
“and the gates of it languish”
“as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion”
“The earth mourneth and fadeth away”
“cry out in the night”
“and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.”
“you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters”
“and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble”