Lamentations 5:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:8 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:8 — KJV
“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”
— Lamentations 5:8 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:8 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 5:8
“And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:8: servants, over, deliver
“And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. gathered: Heb. melted”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:8: servants, over, deliver
“Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:8: over, doth, deliver
“And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:8: over, none, deliver
“And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:8: ruled, over, hand
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