Lamentations 2:12

New American Bible - revised edition

They cry out to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” As they faint away like the wounded in the streets of the city, As their life is poured out in their mothers’ arms.

Cross References

Job 30:16

And now my life ebbs away from me, days of affliction have taken hold of me.

Psalm 42:4

My tears have been my bread day and night, as they ask me every day, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 62:8

My deliverance and honor are with God, my strong rock; my refuge is with God.

Isaiah 51:20

Your children lie helpless at every street corner like antelopes in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will give him his portion among the many, and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty, Because he surrendered himself to death, was counted among the transgressors, Bore the sins of many, and interceded for the transgressors.

Jeremiah 5:17

They will devour your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and your daughters, Devour your sheep and cattle, devour your vines and fig trees; With their swords they will beat down the fortified cities in which you trust.

Lamentations 1:11

All her people groan, searching for bread; They give their precious things for food, to retain the breath of life. “Look, O Lord, and pay attention to how I have been demeaned!

Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the infant cleaves to the roof of its mouth in thirst; Children beg for bread, but no one gives them a piece.

Ezekiel 30:24

I will, however, strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand so he can bring it against Egypt for plunder and pillage.