Lamentations 5:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:18 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:18 — KJV
“Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.”
— Lamentations 5:18 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:18 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 5:18
“And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:18: mountain, zion, walk
“Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: wanton...: Heb. deceiving with their eyes mincing: or, tripping nicely”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:18: because, zion, walk
“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 5:18: because, mountain, desolate
“And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:18: mountain, zion, walk
“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:18: because, zion, desolate
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