Lamentations 4:4

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:27

But the commander replied: “Was it to your lord and to you that my lord sent me to speak these words? Was it not rather to those sitting on the wall, who, with you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their urine?”

2 Kings 25:3

On the ninth day of the month, when famine had gripped the city, and the people of the land had no more food,

Psalm 137:6

May my tongue stick to my palate if I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem beyond all my delights.

Psalm 22:15

Like water my life drains away; all my bones are disjointed. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for lack of understanding, Its nobles starving, its masses parched with thirst.

Jeremiah 14:3

The nobles send their servants for water, but when they come to the cisterns They find no water and return with empty jars. Confounded, despairing, they cover their heads

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!

Luke 10:11

‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.’ Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand.

Deuteronomy 28:48

in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and utter want, you will serve the enemies whom the Lord will send against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck, until he destroys you. Invasion and Siege.

Deuteronomy 32:24

Emaciating hunger and consuming fever and bitter pestilence, And the teeth of wild beasts I will send among them, with the venom of reptiles gliding in the dust.