Lamentations 4:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Babies are so thirsty their tongues stick to the roof of their mouths. Young children ask for bread, but no one gives them any.

Cross References

Psalm 22:15

My mouth is as dry as a piece of baked pottery. My tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth. You have left me dying in the dust.

Lamentations 1:11

All the people of Jerusalem are groaning. All of her people are looking for food. They are giving away all their nice things for food to stay alive. Jerusalem says, “Look, Lord. Look at me! See how people hate me.

Psalm 137:6

If I fail to remember you, may I never sing again. I will always remember Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Deuteronomy 32:24

They will become thin from hunger. Terrible diseases will destroy them. I will send wild animals against them. Poisonous snakes and lizards will bite them.

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dirt from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that God’s kingdom is coming soon.’

Deuteronomy 28:48

So you will serve the enemies the Lord will send against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, naked, and poor. He will put a load on you that cannot be removed. You will carry that load until he destroys you.

Jeremiah 14:3

The leaders of the people send their servants to get water. The servants go to the water storage places, but they don’t find any water. The servants come back with empty jars, so they are ashamed and embarrassed. They cover their heads from shame.

2 Kings 18:27

But the commander said, “My master sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you and your master. I must also speak to those people sitting there on the wall. When we surround your city, they will suffer too. Like you, they will become so hungry they will eat their own waste and drink their own urine!”

2 Kings 25:3

The famine was getting worse and worse in the city. By the 9th day of the fourth month, there was no more food for the common people in the city.

Isaiah 5:13

My people don’t really know God. So they will be captured and taken away. Everyone, the respected leaders and the common people as well, will be hungry and thirsty.