Lamentations 3:51

God's Word

What I see with my eyes disturbs me deeply because of all the young women in my city.

Cross References

Genesis 44:34

How could I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s misery!”

Jeremiah 11:22

This is what the Lord of Armies says: I’m going to punish them. The young men will die because of war. Their sons and daughters will die because of famine.

Jeremiah 14:16

The people they prophesy to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem. They will be victims of famines and wars. No one will bury them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I will pour on them the destruction that they deserve.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go to the field, I see those killed because of war. If I go to the city, I see those sick because of famine. Prophets and priests wander through a land they haven’t heard of.

Jeremiah 19:9

I will make the people eat the flesh of their sons and daughters. They will eat each other’s flesh during blockades and hardships that their enemies impose on them when they want to kill them.”

Lamentations 1:18

“The Lord is right in what he did, because I rebelled against his word. Please listen, all you people, and look at my pain. My young women and young men have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with tears. My stomach is churning. My heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people. Little children and infants faint in the city streets.

Lamentations 2:21

Young and old lie on the ground in the streets. My young women and men are cut down by swords. You killed them on the day of your anger. You slaughtered them without any pity.

Lamentations 3:50

until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.

Lamentations 3:52

“Those who were my enemies for no reason hunted me like a bird.

Lamentations 5:11

Women in Zion are raped, so are the girls in the cities of Judah.