Lamentations 4:20
The 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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Genesis 2:7And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.
Judges 9:15And the bramble said to the trees, If ye in truth anoint me to reign over you, come, stand under my shadow; and if not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
1 Samuel 12:5And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness among you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand: and they said, He is witness.
1 Samuel 24:6And it came to pass after this that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off the skirt of his garment.
1 Samuel 26:9And David said to Abishai, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the anointed of the Lord, and be guiltless?
2 Samuel 1:14And David said to him, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?
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 →