Lamentations 4:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Babies are so thirsty that their tongues are stuck to the roof of the mouth. Children go begging for food, but no one gives them any.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:27

The Assyrian army commander answered, “My king sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you leaders. These people will soon have to eat their own body waste and drink their own urine! And so will the three of you.”

Psalm 137:6

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I don't think about you above all else.

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a broken clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You, God, have left me to die in the dust.

Isaiah 5:13

and so his people know nothing about him. That's why many of you will be dragged off to foreign lands. Your leaders will starve to death, and everyone else will suffer from thirst.

Jeremiah 14:3

Rulers send their servants to the storage pits for water. But there's none to be found; they return in despair with their jars still empty.

Lamentations 1:11

Everyone in the city groans while searching for food; they trade their valuables for barely enough scraps to stay alive. Jerusalem shouts to the LORD, “Please look and see how miserable I am!”

Luke 10:11

“We are shaking the dust from our feet as a warning to you. And you can be sure that God's kingdom will soon be here!”

Deuteronomy 28:48

he will send enemies to attack you and make you their slaves. Then you will live in poverty with nothing to eat, drink, or wear, and your owners will work you to death.

Deuteronomy 32:24

You'll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases, by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes.