Lamentations 4:20

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The breath of our nostrils, the LORD’s anointed, was captured in their traps, of whom we said, 'Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.'

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  • Gen 2:7 : 7 Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
  • 2 Sam 19:21 : 21 'For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. But today I have come here as the first of the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.'
  • Jer 39:5 : 5 But the Chaldean army pursued them, overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, captured him, and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
  • Ezek 12:13 : 13 I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.
  • 2 Sam 1:14 : 14 David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'
  • Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and princes are among the nations, and there is no law. Even her prophets receive no vision from the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 1:21 : 21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled—the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
  • 2 Sam 18:3 : 3 But the people replied, 'You must not go with us. If we are forced to flee, no one will care about us. Even if half of us die, no one will pay attention. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for you to provide support from the city.'
  • Ps 89:20-21 : 20 You spoke in a vision to your faithful ones and said, 'I have granted help to a mighty one; I have exalted a chosen one from among the people.' 21 I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil, I have anointed him.
  • Ezek 17:18 : 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Though he gave his hand in pledge, he did all these things. He will not escape!
  • Ezek 19:4-8 : 4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They captured him with hooks and brought him to the land of Egypt. 5 When she saw that her hope was lost and her waiting was in vain, she took another one of her cubs and made him into a young lion. 6 He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey and devoured people. 7 He destroyed their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and its fullness were desolated at the sound of his roaring. 8 The nations surrounded him from all their provinces. They spread their net over him and trapped him in their pit.
  • Jer 52:8 : 8 The Chaldean army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. His entire army scattered and abandoned him.
  • Gen 44:30 : 30 So now, if I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since his life is so closely bound up with the boy's life—
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am. Testify against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes to wrongdoing? If so, I will restore it to you.
  • 1 Sam 12:5 : 5 Samuel said to them, 'The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.' 'He is a witness,' they said.
  • 1 Sam 16:6 : 6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed stands here before him."
  • 1 Sam 24:6 : 6 Afterward, David's heart troubled him because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to the words of men who say, "David seeks your harm"?'
  • 1 Sam 26:9 : 9 But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can lay a hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
  • 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 What you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, you deserve to die because you did not guard your lord, the LORD's anointed. Now, look around! Where are the king's spear and the jar of water that were near his head?"

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