Lamentations 4:18 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.”

Lamentations 4:18

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The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. {anger: or, face}

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation {that} could not save {us}.

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

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 breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

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Lamentations 4:1

"How is the gold become dim! {how} is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street."

Lamentations 4:2

"The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!"

Lamentations 4:3

"Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people {is become} cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. {sea...: or, sea calves}"

Lamentations 4:4

"The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, {and} no man breaketh {it} unto them."

Lamentations 4:5

"They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."

Lamentations 4:6

"For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. {punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity}"

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