Lamentations 2:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 2:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 2:12 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when the..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 2:12 — KJV
“They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.”
— Lamentations 2:12 (KJV)
Lamentations 2:12 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 2:12
“Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:12: say, where, city
“For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:12: say, where, city
“And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:12: say, where, city
“But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:12: say, streets, city
“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, went...: or, he went out into Assyria the city...: or, the streets of the city”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:12: streets, city, into
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