Lamentations 4:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 4:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 4:19 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 4:19 — KJV
“Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.”
— Lamentations 4:19 (KJV)
Lamentations 4:19 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 4:19
“Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. pleasant: or, sweet”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:19: swifter, than, eagles
“Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:19: swifter, than, eagles
“For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. habitations: or, pastures burned up: or, desolate both...: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:19: heaven, mountains, wilderness
“And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:19: mountains, laid, wilderness
“Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:19: than, wilderness
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