Lamentations 4:9

God's Word

Those who were killed with swords are better off than those who are dying from starvation. Those who were stabbed bled to death. The others are dying because there is nothing in the fields to eat.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:3

On the ninth day of the fourth  month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.

Exodus 16:3

The Israelites said to them, “If only the Lord had let us die in Egypt! There we sat by our pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted! You brought us out into this desert to let us all starve to death!”

Isaiah 22:2

You are a city filled with shouting, a town filled with noise and excitement. Your people weren’t killed with swords. Your dead didn’t die in battle.

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die horrible deaths. No one will mourn for them or bury them. They will be like manure on the ground. Wars and famines will bring them to an end. Their bodies will be food for birds and animals.

Ezekiel 24:23

Leave your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet. Don’t grieve or cry! You will waste away because of your guilt and groan to one another.

Ezekiel 33:10

“Son of man, say to the people of Israel, ‘You have said this, “Our wickedness and our sins weigh us down, and we are rotting away because of them. How can we live?” ’

Ezekiel 4:16

He also said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the bread supply in Jerusalem. People will anxiously eat rationed bread and fearfully drink rationed water.

Ezekiel 7:15

“Outside are swords, and inside are plagues and famines. Whoever is in a field will die in battle. Whoever is in the city will be devoured by famines and plagues.

Leviticus 26:39

Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

Deuteronomy 28:51

They’ll eat the offspring of your animals and the crops from your fields until you’re destroyed. They’ll leave you no grain, no new wine, no olive oil, no calves from your herds, and no lambs or kids from your flocks. They’ll continue to do this until they’ve completely ruined you.