Lamentations 4:9

Conservative English Version

Being killed with a sword is better than slowly starving to death.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:3

(SEE 25:2)

Exodus 16:3

"We wish the LORD had killed us in Egypt. When we lived there, we could at least sit down and eat all the bread and meat we wanted. But you have brought us out here into this desert, where we are going to starve."

Isaiah 22:2

Your city is filled with noisy shouts. Those who lie drunk in your streets were not killed in battle.

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die of horrible diseases and of war and starvation. No one will give them a funeral or bury them, and their bodies will be food for the birds and wild animals. And what's left will lie on the ground like manure.

Ezekiel 24:23

You won't take off your turbans and your sandals. You won't cry or mourn, but all day long you will go around groaning because of your sins.

Ezekiel 33:10

The LORD said: Ezekiel, son of man, the people of Israel are complaining that the punishment for their sins is more than they can stand. They have lost all hope for survival, and they blame me.

Ezekiel 4:16

Ezekiel, the people of Jerusalem will starve. They will have so little food and water that they will be afraid and hopeless.

Ezekiel 7:15

War, disease, and starvation are everywhere! People who live in the countryside will be killed in battle, and those who live in towns will die from starvation or deadly diseases.

Leviticus 26:39

and others of you will waste away in sorrow as the result of your sins and the sins of your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 28:51

They will take your cattle, sheep, goats, grain, wine, and olive oil, then leave you to starve.