Lamentations 5:9

Which verses does Lamentations 5:9 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Ezekiel 4:16–174 votes

   Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure. So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

2. Jeremiah 40:9–123 votes

   Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you. As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.” …

3. Ezekiel 12:18–193 votes

   “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.

4. Judges 6:112 votes

   Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

5. 2 Samuel 23:172 votes

   saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.

6. Jeremiah 41:1–102 votes

   In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there. Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land. …

7. Jeremiah 41:182 votes

   to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

8. Jeremiah 42:142 votes

   and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

9. Jeremiah 42:162 votes

   then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

Which verses point to Lamentations 5:9?

Ranked by reader votes.

• Judges 5:11 5
• Genesis 47:19 3
• Psalm 42:9 3
• Psalm 59:15 3
• Ezekiel 12:18 3
• Job 10:15 2
• Job 15:23 2
• Ezekiel 4:16 2