Verse 4

Thus saith the lord of hoastes: There shal yet olde men & olde women dwel againe in the streetes of Hierusalem: yea, & such as go with staues in their handes for very age.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:31 : 31 Behold, the dayes come, that I wyll cut of thine arme, and the arme of thy fathers house, that there shall not be an olde man in thine house.
  • Job 5:26 : 26 Thou shalt come also to thy graue in a full age, like a corne sheafe cut downe in due season.
  • Job 42:17 : 17 And so Iob dyed, being olde, and of a perfect age.
  • Isa 65:20-22 : 20 There shall neither be chylde nor olde man that haue not their full dayes: but when the chylde commeth to an hundred yeres olde it shal dye, and if he that is an hundred yeres of age do wrong, he shalbe cursed. 21 They shall buylde houses and dwell in them, they shall plant vineyardes and eate the fruite of them. 22 They shall not buylde and another possesse, they shall not plant and another eate: but the life of my people shalbe like a tree, and mine elect shall enioy styll the worke of their handes.
  • Lam 2:20-22 : 20 Beholde O Lorde, and consider to whom thou hast done thus: Shall the women then eate their owne fruite, euen chyldren of a spanne long? shall the priestes and prophetes be slayne in the sanctuarie of the Lorde? 21 Young and olde lye thorowe the streetes vpon the grounde, my maydens and young men are slayne with the sworde, whom thou in the day of thy wrathfull indignation hast put to death, yea euen thou hast put them to death, and not spared them. 22 My neighbours that are rounde about me hast thou called as it were to a feast day, so that in the day of the lordes wrath none escaped, neither was any left behinde: those that I haue brought vp and nourished, hath myne enemie destroyed.
  • Lam 5:11-15 : 11 The wiues are rauished in Sion, and the maydens in the cities of Iuda. 12 The princes are hanged vp with the hand of the enemies, they haue not spared the olde sage men. 13 They haue taken young men to grinde, and the boyes fainted vnder the burthens of wood. 14 The elders sit no more vnder the gates, and the young men vse no more playing of musicke. 15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our melodious meeting is turned into mourning.
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But ye are come vnto ye mount Sion, and to the citie of the lyuyng God, the celestiall Hierusalem, and to an innumerable companie of Angels,