Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the sky. 1 They chased us to the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness. 1

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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 followed our steps, 1 we could not walk in our streets. 1 Our end was near and our days were numbered, 1 our end had come. 1

20The breath in our nostrils—Yahweh's anointed one—he was the one who was captured in their pits; 1 of whom it was said, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.” 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle flies to its victim, a nation whose language you do not understand;

Isaiah 30:16You said, 'No, 1 for we will flee on horses,' so you will flee; 1 and, 'We will ride upon swift horses,' so those who pursue you will be swift. 1

Jeremiah 16:16Behold! I will send for many fishermen—this is Yahweh's declaration—so they will fish the people out. After this I will send for many hunters so they will hunt for them among all the mountains and hills, and in rock crevices.

Hosea 8:1“Place a trumpet at your lips! 1 An eagle is coming over the house of Yahweh 1 because the people have broken my covenant 1 and rebelled against my law. 1

Amos 2:14The swift will find no escape; 1 the strong will not add to his own strength; 1 neither will the mighty save himself. 1

Habakkuk 1:8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, quicker than the evening wolves. 1 So their horses stamp, 1 and their horsemen come from a great distance—they fly like an eagle hurrying to eat. 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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