Lamentations 5:5 Cross References

Lamentations 5:5

5: Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.

Nehemiah 9:36

  1. "So now today we are slaves here in the land of plenty that you gave to our ancestors! We are slaves among all this abundance!
  2. The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our cattle. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.

Jeremiah 28:14

  1. The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.'"

Deuteronomy 28:48

  1. you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. They will oppress you harshly until you are destroyed.

Lamentations 1:14

  1. "He wove my sins into ropes to hitch me to a yoke of captivity. The Lord sapped my strength and gave me to my enemies; I am helpless in their hands.

Deuteronomy 28:65

  1. There among those nations you will find no place of security and rest. And the LORD will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.
  2. Your lives will hang in doubt. You will live night and day in fear, with no reason to believe that you will see the morning light.

Jeremiah 27:8

  1. So you must submit to Babylon's king and serve him; put your neck under Babylon's yoke! I will punish any nation that refuses to be his slave, says the LORD. I will send war, famine, and disease upon that nation until Babylon has conquered it.

Jeremiah 27:2

  1. The LORD said to me, "Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather thongs.

Jeremiah 27:11

  1. But the people of any nation that submits to the king of Babylon will be allowed to stay in their own country to farm the land as usual. I, the LORD, have spoken!'"
  2. Then I repeated this same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. "If you want to live, submit to the king of Babylon and his people," I said.

Lamentations 4:19

  1. Our enemies were swifter than the eagles. If we fled to the mountains, they found us. If we hid in the wilderness, they were waiting for us there.

Matthew 11:29

  1. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 15:10

  1. Why are you now questioning God's way by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?
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