Lamentations 5:3

New American Bible - revised edition

We have become orphans, without fathers; our mothers are like widows.

Cross References

Exodus 22:23

My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.

Exodus 22:24

If you lend money to my people, the poor among you, you must not be like a money lender; you must not demand interest from them.

Jeremiah 15:8

Their widows were more numerous before me than the sands of the sea. I brought against the mother of youths the destroyer at midday; Suddenly I struck her with anguish and terror.

Jeremiah 18:21

So now, give their children to famine, deliver them to the power of the sword. Let their wives be childless and widows; let their husbands die of pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

Hosea 14:3

Take with you words, and return to the Lord; Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity, and take what is good. Let us offer the fruit of our lips.