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Lamentations 5:22 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Lamentations 5:22 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 5 verse 22 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. But: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?”
Lamentations 5:22 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 5:22
The book's troubling conclusion: "But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us" (ki im-ma'os me'astanu katsafta aleinu ad-me'od, כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד). The phrase ma'os me'astanu uses emphatic construction: "rejecting, you have rejected us"—complete repudiation. "Very wroth" (katsafta...ad-me'od, קָצַפְתָּ...עַד־מְאֹד) means extreme anger. This seems to contradict verse 19's affirmation of God's eternal throne and earlier hope (3:22-26). Why end on despair? Some traditions read verse 21 as the final verse, repeating it after 22 so the bo...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 5:22
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“when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah”
“Son of man”
“Yahweh”
“Though Moses and Samuel stood before me”
“and brought us to dishonor”