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Lamentations 1:5 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Lamentations 1:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 1 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.”
Lamentations 1:5 (KJV)
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Commentary on Lamentations 1:5
The reversal of covenant blessing appears starkly: "Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper." The Hebrew hayu tsareha le-rosh (הָיוּ צָרֶיהָ לְרֹאשׁ) literally means "her adversaries have become the head"—the exact opposite of Deuteronomy 28:13, where obedience would make Israel "the head, and not the tail." The prosperity of enemies (oyveha shalvu) contrasts with Jerusalem's distress. The theological explanation follows immediately: "for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions." The Hebrew rov pesha'eha (רֹב פְּשָׁעֶיהָ) emphasizes not just sin but "mul...
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Cross-References for Lamentations 1:5
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“For we are consumed by thine anger”
“The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great”
“Have you seen [this]”
“with the chastisement of a cruel one”
“and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him”
“the deserters also who fell away to him”
“but we have done wickedly;”
“and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh”
“and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers”
“Behold”