Lamentations 4:16
Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them anymore. 1 They do not honor the priests, 1 and they did not show any favor to the elders. 1
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Genesis 49:7May their anger be cursed, 1 for it was fierce—and their fury, for it was cruel. 1 I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. 1
Deuteronomy 28:25Yahweh will cause you to be struck down before your enemies; you will go out one way against them but will flee before them seven ways. You will be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:26I said that I would scatter them far away, 1 that I would make the memory of them to cease from among mankind. 1
2 Kings 25:21The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. In this way, Judah went out of its land into exile.
Psalms 106:27scatter their descendants among the nations, 1 and scatter them in foreign lands. 1
Isaiah 9:14Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. 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 →