Lamentations 5:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:13 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:13 — KJV
“They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.”
— Lamentations 5:13 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:13 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 5:13
“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:13: took, young, men
“And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: goodly: Heb. desirable”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:13: took, young, men
“And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:13: young, men, children
“Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:13: men, children, under
“And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:13: young, men, children
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