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Lamentations 1:6 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Lamentations 1:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 1 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.”
Lamentations 1:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 1:6
The metaphor shifts to hadar (הָדָר, "beauty, glory, majesty") departing from Zion. This term describes visible splendor—the magnificent temple, the Davidic court, the city's architectural glory, and ultimately God's manifest presence. All have vanished. The phrase "from the daughter of Zion" personalizes the city as a once-beautiful maiden now stripped of adornment. The comparison of princes to "harts that find no pasture" employs hunting imagery. Harts (male deer) are normally majestic, swift, and strong, but when grazing lands fail, they weaken and fall easily to pursuers. Similarly, Judah...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:6
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“son of man”
“and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.”
“and brought us to dishonor”
“and two put ten thousand to flight”
“but now murderers.”
“when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed”
“the hind also in the field calves”
“they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.”
“my testimony that I will teach them”
“Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold”