Lamentations 1:13

13 "From on high he 1sent fire; into my bones[a] he made it descend; 2he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; 3he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.

Lamentations 1:13 In-Context

11 All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. "Look, O LORD, and see, for I am despised."
12 "Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
13 "From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.
14 "My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hand they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck; he caused my strength to fail; the Lord gave me into the hands of those whom I cannot withstand.
15 "The Lord rejected all my mighty men in my midst; he summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 102:3
  • 2. Psalms 9:15; Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20
  • 3. Lamentations 3:11; See Jeremiah 8:18

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint; Hebrew bones and
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