Lamentations 5:12

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Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.

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  • Lam 4:16 : 16 פ(Pe) The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
  • Jer 39:6-7 : 6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death. 7 Then he had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon.
  • Jer 52:10-11 : 10 The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah. 11 He had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains. Then the king of Babylon had him led off to Babylon and he was imprisoned there until the day he died.
  • Jer 52:25-27 : 25 From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city. 26 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath.So Judah was taken into exile away from its land.
  • Lam 2:10 : 10 י(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem’s young women stare down at the ground.
  • Lam 2:20 : 20 ר(Resh)Jerusalem Speaks: Look, O LORD! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?

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    13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

    14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.

  • Lam 5:11
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    11They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.

  • Isa 3:4-5
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    74%

    4The LORD says,“I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

    5The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

  • Ezek 22:6-7
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    73%

    6“‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

    7They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

  • Hos 5:10
    71%

    10The Oppressors of the Helpless Will Be Oppressed The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!

  • Mic 7:3
    71%

    3They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

  • Lam 2:10
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    10י(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem’s young women stare down at the ground.

  • Isa 1:23
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    23Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

  • Isa 3:14
    70%

    14The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

  • Job 12:19-21
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    69%

    19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

    20He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

    21He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

  • Zeph 3:3
    69%

    3Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

  • Isa 3:12
    69%

    12Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people’s leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

  • Ps 107:40
    69%

    40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

  • Ezek 22:27
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    27Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey– shedding blood and destroying lives– so they can get dishonest profit.

  • Nah 3:10
    69%

    10Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    69%

    8The LORD was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

  • Hos 7:5
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    5At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.

  • Ps 149:8
    68%

    8They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles,

  • Mic 3:9
    68%

    9Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.

  • Lam 4:16
    68%

    16פ(Pe) The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders.

  • Ps 148:11-12
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    68%

    11you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

    12you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!

  • Hos 7:3
    68%

    3Political Intrigue and Conspiracy in the Palace The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.

  • Amos 5:11
    68%

    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

  • Jer 18:21
    68%

    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

  • Eccl 10:16
    68%

    16The Problem with Foolish Rulers Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!

  • Mic 2:9
    68%

    9You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.

  • Job 31:11
    68%

    11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

  • Jer 5:28
    68%

    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

  • Lam 5:8
    68%

    8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.

  • Isa 34:12
    67%

    12Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.

  • Job 29:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

    9the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

  • Lam 2:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20ר(Resh)Jerusalem Speaks: Look, O LORD! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?

    21ש(Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy.

  • Amos 2:7
    67%

    7They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

  • Ps 12:8
    67%

    8for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.

  • Ps 74:5
    67%

    5They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.

  • Deut 22:18
    67%

    18The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.

  • Job 30:12
    67%

    12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

  • Hab 1:10
    67%

    10They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

  • Job 3:15
    67%

    15or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

  • Ps 83:11
    67%

    11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,

  • Job 22:9
    67%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Ezek 23:10
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    10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.