Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lamentations 5:3 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Lamentations 5:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 5 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“We are orphans and fatherless , our mothers are as widows.”
Lamentations 5:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 5:3
Fatherless and widows—most vulnerable in society. War creates orphans/widows whom God commands we protect.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 5:3
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“and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows”
“and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless”
“Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly”
“'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy.,Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy., אַשּׁוּר לֹא יוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ עַל־סוּס לֹא נִרְכָּב וְלֹא־נֹאמַר עוֹד אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ יְרֻחַם יָתוֹם׃ ,Asshur shall not save us; We will not ride upon horses; Neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; For in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.”