Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, 1 They flew on the mountains, 1 In the wilderness they laid wait for us. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

In Context

18We have hunted for our little ones, 1 That they should not walk in our streets. 1 Our time has drawn nigh, 1 Our days are fulfilled, 1 Our time is come. 1

20The breath of our nostrils, our anointed Lord, 1 Was taken in their destructive snares, 1 Of whom we said, 1 In his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord shall bring upon thee a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice thou shalt not understand;

Isaiah 30:16but ye said, We will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will be aided by swift riders; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send many hunters, and they shall hunt them upon every mountain, and upon every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

Hosea 8:1He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.

Amos 2:14And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life:

Habakkuk 1:8And his horses shall bound more swiftly than leopards, and they are fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hastening to eat.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:14-21

Cause of Jerusalem's Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided… Read the whole commentary →

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