Lamentations 4:4

The Scriptures 1998

The tongue of the infant has clung To the roof of its mouth for thirst; Children asked for bread, No one breaks it for them.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:27

And the Raḇ

2 Kings 25:3

By the ninth of the month the scarcity of food had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Psalm 137:6

Let my tongue cleave to my palate, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Yerushalayim Above my chief joy.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried like a potsherd, And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws; And to the dust of death You are appointing Me.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people have gone into exile, because they have no knowledge. And their esteemed men are starved, and their crowd dried up with thirst.

Jeremiah 14:3

“And their nobles have sent their little ones for water, they went to the cisterns and found no water, they returned with their vessels empty. They were put to shame, and blushed and covered their heads.

Lamentations 1:11

All her people are sighing, seeking bread. They have given their precious matters For food, to bring back life. “See, O יהוה, and look, For I have become despised.”

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dust of your city which clings to us, we wipe off against you, but know this, that the reign of Elohim has come near to you.’

Deuteronomy 28:48

you shall serve your enemies whom יהוה  sends against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in need of all. And he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.

Deuteronomy 32:24

“Wasted by scarcity of food, And consumed by heat and bitter destruction, And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With the poison of serpents of the dust.