Lamentations 5:5

Modern English Version

Our pursuers are at our necks; we labor and have no rest.

Cross References

Jeremiah 27:2

Thus says the Lord to me: Make bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,

Jeremiah 27:8

It shall come to pass that I will punish the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, says the Lord. I will punish that nation with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

Jeremiah 28:14

For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: The broad wall of Babylon will be utterly broken, and her high gates will be burned with fire; and the peoples will labor in vain, and the nations become exhausted only for fire.

Lamentations 1:14

The yoke of my transgressions was bound; by His hand they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck. He made my strength fail; the Lord delivered me into the hands of those whom I am not able to withstand.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into captivity, under affliction and great servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtook her in the midst of distress.

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the skies. They pursued us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Micah 2:3

Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, I am devising disaster against this family, from which you cannot remove your necks; and you will not walk haughtily, for it will be a time of calamity.

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me. For I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 15:10

Now then, why test God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Deuteronomy 28:48

Therefore, you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and need of all things, and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.