Lamentations 4:4

Good News Translation

They let their babies die of hunger and thirst; children are begging for food that no one will give them.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:27

He replied, “Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will.”

2 Kings 25:3

On the ninth day of the fourth month of that same year, when the famine was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat,

Psalm 137:6

May I never be able to sing again if I do not remember you, if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!

Psalm 22:15

My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust.

Isaiah 5:13

and so you will be carried away as prisoners. Your leaders will starve to death, and the common people will die of thirst.

Jeremiah 14:3

The rich people send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; they come back with their jars empty. Discouraged and confused, they hide their faces.

Lamentations 1:11

Her people groan as they look for something to eat; They exchange their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look at me, Lord,” the city cries; “see me in my misery.”

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dust from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the Kingdom of God has come near you!’

Deuteronomy 28:48

So then, you will serve the enemies that the Lord is going to send against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, and naked—in need of everything. The Lord will oppress you harshly until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 32:24

They will die from hunger and fever; they will die from terrible diseases. I will send wild animals to attack them, and poisonous snakes to bite them.