Cross references

Lamentations 4:16

The presence of the LORD has scattered them;

He regards them no more.

The priests are shown no honor;

the elders find no favor.

Lamentations 4:16 BSB

Lamentations 4:16 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 9:14–16 (5 votes) and Lamentations 5:12 (5 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 49 to Hebrews 8.

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Which verses does Lamentations 4:16 point to?

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  1. So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. …

  2. Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

  3. I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

  4. The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  5. Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

  6. I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

  7. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

  8. Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

  9. But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste. Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. …

  10. The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers. Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city. …

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