Lamentations 5:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Slaves have become our rulers. No one can save us from them.

Cross References

Zechariah 11:6

And I don’t feel sorry for the people who live in this country.” This is what the Lord said: “Look, I will let everyone be under the control of their neighbor and king. I will let them destroy the country—I will not stop them!”

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors who ruled before me made life hard for the people. The governors forced everyone to pay 1 pound of silver. They also made the people give them food and wine. The leaders under these governors also ruled over the people and made life even harder. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that.

Proverbs 30:22

a slave who becomes a king, fools who have everything they need,

Psalm 7:2

If you don’t help me, I will be torn apart like an animal caught by a lion. I will be carried away with no one to save me.

Hosea 2:10

Now I will strip her. She will be naked, so all her lovers can see her. No one will be able to save her from my power.

Isaiah 43:13

“I have always been God. When I do something, no one can change what I have done. And no one can save people from my power.”

Psalm 50:22

You people who have forgotten God, understand what I am telling you, or I will tear you apart, and no one will be able to save you!

Job 10:7

You know I am innocent, but no one can save me from your power!

Job 5:4

There was no one to help his children. No one defended them in court.

Nehemiah 2:19

But Sanballat from Horon, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard that we were building again. They made fun of us in a very ugly way. They said, “What are you doing? Are you turning against the king?”

Deuteronomy 28:43

The foreigners living among you will get more and more power, and you will lose the power you had.

Genesis 9:25

he said, “May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be a slave to his brothers.”