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Lamentations 2:13 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Lamentations 2:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 2 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?”
Lamentations 2:13 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 2:13
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? (מָה אֲעִידֵךְ, mah a'idekh)—The prophet searches for historical precedent or comparison to comfort Jerusalem but finds none. Thy breach is great like the sea (כִּי־גָדוֹל כַּיָּם שִׁבְרֵךְ, ki-gadol kayam shivrekh)—'breach' (shever) means a fracture beyond repair. The sea metaphor suggests immeasurable, unfathomable devastation. Who can heal thee? (מִי יִרְפָּא־לָךְ, mi yirpa-lakh) is rhetorical, implying human impossibility. Yet the question anticipates divine possibility—only God who wounded can heal (Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:1).
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:13
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“all you who pass by? Look”
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
“Let my eyes run down with tears night and day”
“Your hurt is incurable”
“and David struck them there; and he said”
“if so be she may be healed.”
“which he spoke against us”
“for it quakes.”
“Behold”
“This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin”