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Lamentations 4:19 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Lamentations 4:19 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 4 verse 19 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.”
Lamentations 4:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 4:19
Inescapable pursuit: "Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness." The Hebrew kallu rodefenu minisharei shamayim al-harim delafunu bamidbar arevu lanu uses hunting imagery. Kallu (קַלּוּ, "swift, light") describes speed. Nisharei shamayim (נִשְׁרֵי שָׁמָיִם, "eagles of heaven") represents the fastest predator—eagles dive at speeds up to 200 mph."They pursued us upon the mountains" (al-harim delafunu, עַל־הָרִים דְּלָפוּנוּ) and "laid wait for us in the wilderness" (bamidbar arevu lanu, בַּמִּדְבָּר אָרְ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:19
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“and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes”
“he shall come up as clouds”
“and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold”
“from the end of the earth”
“No, for we will flee on horses; therefore you will flee; and”
“and he said”
“and is seen even to the west”
“Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift”