Lamentations 4:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,  , was captured in their traps. We had said about him, ‘We will live under his protection among the nations.’

Cross References

Ezekiel 12:13

But I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he will not see it,  and he will die there.

Jeremiah 39:5

However, the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They arrested him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon’s king, at Riblah in the land of Hamath. The king passed sentence on him there.

2 Samuel 19:21

Abishai son of Zeruiah asked, ‘Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed? ’

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground  and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils,  and the man became a living being.

Lamentations 2:9

Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground; he has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates. Her king and her leaders live among the nations, instruction  is no more, and even her prophets receive no vision from the  Lord.

2 Samuel 1:21

Mountains of Gilboa, let no dew or rain be on you, or fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty was defiled   – the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:14

David questioned him, ‘How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed? ’

Ezekiel 17:18

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge.  He will not escape!

Jeremiah 52:8

The Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army left him and scattered.

2 Samuel 18:3

‘You must not go! ’  the people pleaded. ‘If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth  ten thousand of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.’

1 Samuel 26:16

What you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, all of you deserve to die  since you didn’t protect your lord, the Lord’s anointed.  Now look around; where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head? ’

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, ‘Don’t destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be innocent? ’

1 Samuel 24:10

You can see with your own eyes that the Lord handed you over to me today in the cave.  Someone advised me to kill you,  but I  , took pity on you and said: I won’t lift my hand against my lord, since he is the Lord’s anointed.

1 Samuel 24:6

He said to his men, ‘As the Lord is my witness, I would never do such a thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed.  I will never lift my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 16:6

When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab  and said, ‘Certainly the Lord’s anointed one is here before him.’

1 Samuel 12:5

He said to them, ‘The Lord is a witness against you, and his anointed is a witness today that you haven’t found anything  in my hand.’ ‘He is a witness,’ they said.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?  Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something?  , I will return it to you.’

Genesis 44:30

‘So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us #– #his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life #– #

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah chanted a dirge  over Josiah, and all the male and female singers still speak of Josiah in their dirges today. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.

Jeremiah 52:9

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.

Daniel 4:12

Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and on it was food for all. Wild animals found shelter under it, the birds of the sky  lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it.

Judges 9:15

The bramble said to the trees, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the rain, like flowing streams  in a dry land and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

Ezekiel 31:17

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies  , they had lived in its shade among the nations.

Hosea 13:10

Where now is your king,  , that he may save you in all your cities, and the  rulers  , you demanded, saying, ‘Give me a king and leaders’?