Lamentations 2:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord’s presence. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger at the head of every street.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:9

I long for you in the night; yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you, for when your judgements are in the land, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Mark 1:35

Very  early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place;  and there he was praying.

1 Samuel 1:15

‘No, my lord,’ Hannah replied. ‘I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord.

Judges 7:19

Gideon and the hundred men who were with him went to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch after the sentries had been stationed. They blew their rams’ horns and broke the jugs that were in their hands.

Luke 6:12

During those days he went out to the mountain to pray  and spent all night in prayer to God.

Mark 13:35

Therefore be alert,   since you don’t know when the master   of the house is coming #– #whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the cock or early in the morning.

Matthew 14:25

Jesus came towards them walking on the sea  very early in the morning.

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net. They are full of the  Lord’s fury, the rebuke of your God.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

Ezekiel 5:16

When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread.

Ezekiel 5:10

As a result, fathers will eat their sons  within Jerusalem,  and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgements against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.

Job 3:24

I sigh when food  is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

1 Samuel 7:6

When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence.  They fasted that day,  and there they confessed, ‘We have sinned against the Lord.’  And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

Nahum 3:10

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her children were also dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

Jeremiah 9:20

Now hear the word of the  Lord, you women. Pay attention to   the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters a lament and one another a dirge,

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out to the field, look #– #those slain by the sword! If I enter the city, look #– #those ill  from famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.

Micah 1:16

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile.