Lamentations 4:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 4:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 4:18 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 4:18 — KJV
“They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.”
— Lamentations 4:18 (KJV)
Lamentations 4:18 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 4:18
“And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:18: days, fulfilled, come
“All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:18: days, fulfilled, come
“And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:18: end, near, come
“And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. Give...: Heb. Forbear us”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:18: end, days, come
“And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. the wild...: Heb. Iim desolate...: or, palaces”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:18: near, days, come
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