Lamentations 5:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The princes are hanged vp with the hand of the enemies, they haue not spared the olde sage men.

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  • Lam 4:16 : 16 The countenaunce of the Lorde hath banished them, and shall neuer looke more vpon them: for they them selues neither regarded the priestes, nor pitied their elders.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was so wroth with my people, that I punished myne inheritaunce, and gaue them into thy power, neuerthelesse thou shewedst them no mercy, but euen the very aged of them diddest thou oppresse right sore with the yoke.
  • Jer 39:6-7 : 6 So the kyng of Babylon caused the children of Zedekia and all the nobles of Iuda to be slayne before his face at Reblath, 7 And made Zedekias eyes to be put out, and bounde him with two chaines, and sent hym to Babylon.
  • Jer 52:10-11 : 10 The kyng of Babylon also caused Zedekias sonnes to be slayne before his face, yea and put all the princes of Iuda to death at Reblath. 11 Moreouer, he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, & caused hym to be bounde with two chaynes, to be caryed vnto Babylon, and let him lye in prison tyl he dyed.
  • Jer 52:25-27 : 25 He toke out of the citie a chaumberlaine which was captaine of the souldiers, and seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes, which were founde in the citie: and Sopher a captaine that vsed to muster the men of warre, with threescore men of the countrey that were taken in the citie: 26 These Nabuzaradan the chiefe captaine toke, and caryed them to the king of Babylon vnto Reblath: 27 And the kyng of Babylon caused them to be put to death at Reblath in the lande of Hemath: And thus Iuda was ledde away captiue out of his owne lande.
  • Lam 2:10 : 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence, they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads, and gyrded them selues with sackcloth: the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde.
  • Lam 2:20 : 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?

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  • Lam 5:13-14
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    80%

    13They haue taken young men to grinde, and the boyes fainted vnder the burthens of wood.

    14The elders sit no more vnder the gates, and the young men vse no more playing of musicke.

  • Lam 5:11
    80%

    11The wiues are rauished in Sion, and the maydens in the cities of Iuda.

  • Isa 3:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4And I shall geue children to be their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

    5And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another, and euery one agaynst his neyghbour: The boy shall presume agaynst the elder, and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable.

  • Ezek 22:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Beholde the rulers of Israel, euery one in thee was redy to his power to shed blood.

    7In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse.

  • Hos 5:10
    71%

    10The princes of Iuda haue ben lyke them that remoue the lande markes: therefore wyll I powre out my wrath vpon them like water.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.

  • Lam 2:10
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    10The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence, they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads, and gyrded them selues with sackcloth: the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde.

  • Isa 1:23
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    23Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.

  • Isa 3:14
    70%

    14The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people, and shall say to them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde, the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

  • Job 12:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    19He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie, and turneth the mightie vpside downe.

    20He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason.

    21He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

  • Zeph 3:3
    69%

    3Her rulers within her are as roaring lions, her iudges are as wolues in the euening, whiche leaue nothing behinde them till the morowe.

  • Isa 3:12
    69%

    12Children are extortioners of my people, and women rule ouer them: O my people, thy leaders deceaue thee, and corrupt the way of thy footsteppes.

  • Ps 107:40
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    40He bringeth princes into contempt: & he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all.

  • Ezek 22:27
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    27Thy rulers in thee are lyke woolues rauenyng the pray, to shed blood, and destroy soules, for their owne couetous lucre.

  • Nah 3:10
    69%

    10Notwithstanding she passed away, she went into captiuitie, her children also were dashed in peeces in the top of all the streetes: for her horrible men they cast lottes, and all her great states they chayned in fetters.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    69%

    8Wherefore the wrath of the Lorde fell on Iuda & Hierusalem, and he hath brought them to trouble to be wondred on, & to be hissed at, euen as ye see with your eyes.

  • Hos 7:5
    69%

    5This is the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners.

  • Ps 149:8
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    8That they may bynde their kynges in chaynes: and their nobles with iron fetters.

  • Mic 3:9
    68%

    9Heare this I pray you ye heades of the house of Iacob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie.

  • Lam 4:16
    68%

    16The countenaunce of the Lorde hath banished them, and shall neuer looke more vpon them: for they them selues neither regarded the priestes, nor pitied their elders.

  • Ps 148:11-12
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    68%

    11Kynges of the earth and all people: princes and all iudges of the earth.

    12Young men and maydens, olde men with children,

  • Hos 7:3
    68%

    3They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes.

  • Amos 5:11
    68%

    11Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

  • Jer 18:21
    68%

    21Therfore, let their children dye of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sworde: Let their wiues be robbed of their children, and become widowes, let their husbandes be slayne, let their young men be kylled with the sworde in the fielde.

  • Eccl 10:16
    68%

    16Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.

  • Mic 2:9
    68%

    9The women of my people haue ye shut out from their pleasaunt houses, and taken away myne excellent giftes from their children.

  • Job 31:11
    68%

    11For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished:

  • Jer 5:28
    68%

    28Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie.

  • Lam 5:8
    68%

    8Seruauntes haue the rule of vs, and no man deliuereth vs out of their handes.

  • Isa 34:12
    67%

    12Her nobles shall call, and there is no kyngdome: and all her princes shalbe nothyng.

  • Job 29:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8The young men saw me and hid them selues, and the aged arose, and stoode vp.

    9The princes left of their talking, and layed their hand to their mouth:

  • Lam 2:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20Beholde 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?

    21Young 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.

  • Amos 2:7
    67%

    7They gape for breath ouer the head of the poore in the dust of the earth, & peruert the way of the meke: A man and his father will go in to one mayde, to dishonour my holy name.

  • Ps 12:8
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    8The vngodly walke on euery side: when the worst sort be exalted amongst the chyldren of men.

  • Ps 74:5
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    5He that hewed tymber afore out of thicke woddes for to builde the temple: was esteemed as one offeryng a present to God aboue.

  • Deut 22:18
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    18And the elders of that citie shall take that man, and chastise hym,

  • Job 30:12
    67%

    12Upon my right hande ryse the young men against me, they haue hurt my feete, treading vpon me as vpon the wayes of their destruction.

  • Hab 1:10
    67%

    10And they shall mocke the kinges, and the princes shalbe a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery stronghold, for they shall gather dust, and take it.

  • Job 3:15
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    15Or as the princes that haue had golde, and their houses full of siluer:

  • Ps 83:11
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    11Make them, their princes, and al their captaynes: lyke Oreb, and lyke Zeeb, and lyke Salmunna.

  • Job 22:9
    67%

    9Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken.

  • Ezek 23:10
    67%

    10These discouered her shame, toke her sonnes & daughters, and slue her with the sworde, an euyll name had she among women: for they had executed iudgement vpon her.