Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers are swifter 1 than the eagles of Shomayim; 1 they pursued us upon the mountains, 1 they laid wait for us in the midbar. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

18They stalk our steps, 1 that we cannot go in our streets; 1 kitzeinu (our end) is near, our yamim are numbered; 1 for kitzeinu is come. 1

20The Moshiach of Hashem, who was our very life, 1 was taken in their traps, 1 of whom we said: Under his shadow [of protection] 1 we shall live among the Goyim. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Hashem shall bring a nation against thee from afar, from the ketzeh ha'aretz, as swift as the nesher flieth; a nation whose lashon thou shalt not understand;

Isaiah 30:16But ye said, No; 1 for we will flee upon sus; 1 therefore shall ye flee; 1 and, We will ride off upon the swift; 1 therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 1

Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send for many dayagim (fisherman), saith Hashem, and they shall fish them out; and after that will I send for many tzayadim (hunters), and they shall hunt them from every har (mountain), and from every givah (hill), and out of the crevices of the sela'im (rocks).

Hosea 8:1Set the shofar to thy lips. 1 He + 8:1 the Assyrian enemy shall come as a nesher against the Bais Hashem, 1 because they have transgressed My brit (covenant), 1 and committed pesha against My torah. 1

Amos 2:14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, 1 and the chazak shall not strengthen his ko'ach, 1 neither shall the gibbor deliver his own nefesh; 1

Habakkuk 1:8Their susim also are swifter than the leopards, 1 keener than the evening wolves; 1 and their parash (cavalry) shall charge ahead, 1 and their parash shall come from afar; 1 they shall fly as the nesher (eagle), swooping to devour. 1

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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