Lamentations 2:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother's breast.

Cross References

Job 30:16

But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

Psalm 42:4

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Psalm 62:8

Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. Selah.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.

Isaiah 53:12

For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.

Jeremiah 5:17

They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your daughters: they will take your flocks and your herds: they will take all your vines and your fig-trees: and with the sword they will make waste your walled towns in which you put your faith.

Lamentations 1:11

Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

Ezekiel 30:24

And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and will put my sword in his hand: but Pharaoh's arms will be broken, and he will give cries of pain before him like the cries of a man wounded to death.