Lamentations 1:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 1:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 1:19 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sough..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 1:19 — KJV
“I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.”
— Lamentations 1:19 (KJV)
Lamentations 1:19 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 1:19
“In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. Bigthan: also called, Bigthana the door: Heb. the threshold”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:19: called, while, sought
“I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:19: called, gave, sought
“And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:19: called, city, sought
“And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:19: priests, elders, gave
“Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:19: called, priests, elders
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