Lamentations 5:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

We are in danger from brutal desert tribes; we must risk our lives just to bring in our crops.

Cross References

Jeremiah 42:16

You are afraid of war, starvation, and disease here in Judah, but they will follow you to Egypt and kill you there. None of you will survive the disasters I will send.

Jeremiah 42:14

We are going to Egypt, where there is plenty of food and no danger of war.”

2 Samuel 23:17

and said to the Lord, “I can't drink this water! It's like the blood of these men who risked their lives to get it for me.” The Three Warriors did these brave deeds.

Judges 6:11

One day an angel from the Lord went to the town of Ophrah and sat down under the big tree that belonged to Joash, a member of the Abiezer clan. Joash's son Gideon was nearby, threshing grain in a shallow pit, where he could not be seen by the Midianites.