Lamentations 5:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.

Cross References

Exodus 22:23

If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.

Exodus 22:24

And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.

Jeremiah 15:8

Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.

Jeremiah 18:21

Because of this, give their sons over to famine, and bring them to the hand of the sword. Let their wives be widows without children. And let their husbands be slain by death. Let their youths be stabbed with the sword in battle.

Hosea 14:3

Take these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, "Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves of our lips.