Lamentations 1:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 1:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 1:6 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 1:6 — KJV
“And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.”
— Lamentations 1:6 (KJV)
Lamentations 1:6 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 1:6
“That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:6: become, like, strength
“And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:6: princes, strength, before
“To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. fair...: Heb. good of countenance”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:6: beauty, princes, before
“Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. beauty: or, strength in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:6: beauty, like, strength
“They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. strength to...: or, company to company”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:6: zion, strength, before
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