Verse 19

I called{H7121}{(H8804)} for my lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, but they deceived{H7411}{(H8765)} me: my priests{H3548} and mine elders{H2205} gave up the ghost{H1478}{(H8804)} in the city{H5892}, while they sought{H1245}{(H8765)} their meat{H400} to relieve{H7725}{(H8686)} their souls{H5315}.

Referenced Verses

  • Lam 1:2 : 2 She weepeth{H1058}{(H8799)} sore{H1058}{(H8800)} in the night{H3915}, and her tears{H1832} are on her cheeks{H3895}: among all her lovers{H157}{(H8802)} she hath none to comfort{H5162}{(H8764)} her: all her friends{H7453} have dealt treacherously{H898}{(H8804)} with her, they are become her enemies{H341}{(H8802)}.
  • Lam 1:11 : 11 All her people{H5971} sigh{H584}{(H8737)}, they seek{H1245}{(H8764)} bread{H3899}; they have given{H5414}{(H8804)} their pleasant things{H4261}{(H8675)}{H4262} for meat{H400} to relieve{H7725}{(H8687)} the soul{H5315}: see{H7200}{(H8798)}, O LORD{H3068}, and consider{H5027}{(H8685)}; for I am become vile{H2151}{(H8802)}.
  • Lam 2:20 : 20 Behold{H7200}{(H8798)}, O LORD{H3068}, and consider{H5027}{(H8685)} to whom thou hast done{H5953}{(H8782)} this{H3541}. Shall the women{H802} eat{H398}{(H8799)} their fruit{H6529}, and children{H5768} of a span long{H2949}? shall the priest{H3548} and the prophet{H5030} be slain{H2026}{(H8735)} in the sanctuary{H4720} of the Lord{H136}?
  • Job 19:13-19 : 13 He hath put{H7368} my brethren{H251} far{H7368}{(H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H3045}{(H8802)} are verily estranged{H2114}{(H8804)} from me. 14 My kinsfolk{H7138} have failed{H2308}{(H8804)}, and my familiar friends{H3045}{(H8794)} have forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} me. 15 They that dwell{H1481}{(H8802)} in mine house{H1004}, and my maids{H519}, count{H2803}{(H8799)} me for a stranger{H2114}{(H8801)}: I am an alien{H5237} in their sight{H5869}. 16 I called{H7121}{(H8804)} my servant{H5650}, and he gave me no answer{H6030}{(H8799)}; I intreated{H2603}{(H8691)} him with{H1119} my mouth{H6310}. 17 My breath{H7307} is strange{H2114}{(H8804)} to my wife{H802}, though I intreated{H2589}{(H8800)} for the children's{H1121} sake of mine own body{H990}. 18 Yea, young children{H5759} despised{H3988}{(H8804)} me; I arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} against me. 19 All my inward{H5475} friends{H4962} abhorred{H8581}{(H8765)} me: and they whom I loved{H157}{(H8804)} are turned{H2015}{(H8738)} against me.
  • Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are thy gods{H430} that thou hast made{H6213}{(H8804)} thee? let them arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, if they can save{H3467}{(H8686)} thee in the time{H6256} of thy trouble{H7451}: for according to the number{H4557} of thy cities{H5892} are thy gods{H430}, O Judah{H3063}.
  • Jer 14:15-18 : 15 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} in my name{H8034}, and I sent{H7971}{(H8804)} them not, yet they say{H559}{(H8802)}, Sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall not be in this land{H776}; By sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall those prophets{H5030} be consumed{H8552}{(H8735)}. 16 And the people{H5971} to whom they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} shall be cast out{H7993}{(H8716)} in the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389} because{H6440} of the famine{H7458} and the sword{H2719}; and they shall have none to bury{H6912}{(H8764)} them{H1992}, them, their wives{H802}, nor their sons{H1121}, nor their daughters{H1323}: for I will pour{H8210}{(H8804)} their wickedness{H7451} upon them. 17 Therefore thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} this word{H1697} unto them; Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day{H3119}, and let them not cease{H1820}{(H8799)}: for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665}{(H8738)} with a great{H1419} breach{H7667}, with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470}{(H8737)} blow{H4347}. 18 If I go forth{H3318}{(H8804)} into the field{H7704}, then behold the slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719}! and if I enter{H935}{(H8804)} into the city{H5892}, then behold them that are sick{H8463} with famine{H7458}! yea, both the prophet{H5030} and the priest{H3548} go about{H5503}{(H8804)} into a land{H776} that they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not.
  • Jer 23:11-15 : 11 For both prophet{H5030} and priest{H3548} are profane{H2610}{(H8804)}; yea, in my house{H1004} have I found{H4672}{(H8804)} their wickedness{H7451}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 12 Wherefore their way{H1870} shall be unto them as slippery{H2519} ways in the darkness{H653}: they shall be driven on{H1760}{(H8735)}, and fall{H5307}{(H8804)} therein: for I will bring{H935}{(H8686)} evil{H7451} upon them, even the year{H8141} of their visitation{H6486}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 13 And I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} folly{H8604} in the prophets{H5030} of Samaria{H8111}; they prophesied{H5012}{(H8694)} in Baal{H1168}, and caused my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} to err{H8582}{(H8686)}. 14 I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} also in the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} an horrible thing{H8186}: they commit adultery{H5003}{(H8800)}, and walk{H1980}{(H8800)} in lies{H8267}: they strengthen{H2388}{(H8765)} also the hands{H3027} of evildoers{H7489}{(H8688)}, that none{H376} doth return{H7725}{(H8804)} from his wickedness{H7451}: they are all of them unto me as Sodom{H5467}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof as Gomorrah{H6017}. 15 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} concerning the prophets{H5030}; Behold, I will feed{H398}{(H8688)} them with wormwood{H3939}, and make them drink{H8248}{(H8689)} the water{H4325} of gall{H7219}: for from the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} is profaneness{H2613} gone forth{H3318}{(H8804)} into all the land{H776}.
  • Jer 27:13-15 : 13 Why will ye die{H4191}{(H8799)}, thou and thy people{H5971}, by the sword{H2719}, by the famine{H7458}, and by the pestilence{H1698}, as the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} against the nation{H1471} that will not serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}? 14 Therefore hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not unto the words{H1697} of the prophets{H5030} that speak{H559}{(H8802)} unto you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall not serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}: for they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} a lie{H8267} unto you. 15 For I have not sent{H7971}{(H8804)} them, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, yet they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} a lie{H8267} in my name{H8034}; that I might drive you out{H5080}{(H8687)}, and that ye might perish{H6}{(H8804)}, ye, and the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} unto you.
  • Jer 30:14 : 14 All thy lovers{H157}{(H8764)} have forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} thee; they seek{H1875}{(H8799)} thee not; for I have wounded{H5221}{(H8689)} thee with the wound{H4347} of an enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, with the chastisement{H4148} of a cruel one{H394}, for the multitude{H7230} of thine iniquity{H5771}; because thy sins{H2403} were increased{H6105}{(H8804)}.
  • Jer 37:7-9 : 7 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Thus shall ye say{H559}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, that sent{H7971}{(H8802)} you unto me to enquire{H1875}{(H8800)} of me; Behold, Pharaoh's{H6547} army{H2428}, which is come forth{H3318}{(H8802)} to help{H5833} you, shall return{H7725}{(H8804)} to Egypt{H4714} into their own land{H776}. 8 And the Chaldeans{H3778} shall come again{H7725}{(H8804)}, and fight{H3898}{(H8738)} against this city{H5892}, and take{H3920}{(H8804)} it, and burn{H8313}{(H8804)} it with fire{H784}. 9 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Deceive{H5377}{(H8686)} not yourselves{H5315}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The Chaldeans{H3778} shall surely{H1980}{(H8800)} depart{H3212}{(H8799)} from us: for they shall not depart{H3212}{(H8799)}.
  • Lam 4:7-9 : 7 Her Nazarites{H5139} were purer{H2141}{(H8804)} than snow{H7950}, they were whiter{H6705}{(H8804)} than milk{H2461}, they were more ruddy{H119}{(H8804)} in body{H6106} than rubies{H6443}, their polishing{H1508} was of sapphire{H5601}: 8 Their visage{H8389} is blacker{H2821}{(H8804)} than a coal{H7815}; they are not known{H5234}{(H8738)} in the streets{H2351}: their skin{H5785} cleaveth{H6821}{(H8804)} to their bones{H6106}; it is withered{H3001}{(H8804)}, it is become like a stick{H6086}. 9 They that be slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719} are better{H2896} than they that be slain{H2491} with hunger{H7458}: for these{H1992} pine away{H2100}{(H8799)}, stricken{H1856}{(H8794)} through for want of the fruits{H8570} of the field{H7704}.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes{H5869} as yet failed{H3615}{(H8799)} for our vain{H1892} help{H5833}: in our watching{H6836} we have watched{H6822}{(H8765)} for a nation{H1471} that could not save{H3467}{(H8686)} us.
  • Lam 5:12 : 12 Princes{H8269} are hanged up{H8518}{(H8738)} by their hand{H3027}: the faces{H6440} of elders{H2205} were not honoured{H1921}{(H8738)}.