Lamentations 1:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 1:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 1:11 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, a..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 1:11 — KJV
“All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. to...: or, to make the soul to come again”
— Lamentations 1:11 (KJV)
Lamentations 1:11 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:11
“And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:11: people, sigh, lord
“And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; any one: Heb. any soul common...: Heb. people of the land”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:11: people, things, soul
“And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:11: sigh, meat, see
“And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:11: seek, see, consider
“And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:11: seek, see, lord
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