Lamentations 5:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:5 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:5 — KJV
“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted”
— Lamentations 5:5 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:5 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 5:5
“That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:5: labour, rest, heb
“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. taken: Heb. laboured”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:5: under, labour, heb
“Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc all the days: Heb. the number of the days”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:5: under, labour, heb
“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. Live...: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:5: under, labour, heb
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. be built...: Heb. return and be built wall: or, breach, or, ditch troublous: Heb. strait of”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:5: under, rest, heb
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