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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.

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ASV

The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.

KJV

The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פְּנֵ֤יpe.Nei[the] presence ofH6440 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
חִלְּקָ֔םchi.le.Kamit scattered themH2505 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יוֹסִ֖יףyo.Sifhe will repeatH3254 →
לְהַבִּיטָ֑םle.ha.bi.Tamto pay attention to themH5027 →
פְּנֵ֤יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
כֹהֲנִים֙kho.ha.NimpriestsH3548 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
נָשָׂ֔אוּna.Sa.'uthey lifted upH5375 →
וּזְקֵנִ֖יםvu.ze.ke.nimand eldersH2205 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
חָנָֽנוּ׃ סcha.Na.nuthey showed favor toH2603 →

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Isaiah 9:14–16So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.Lamentations 5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,Deuteronomy 28:64–65Then 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.Hebrews 8:9It 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.Jeremiah 24:9I 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.Deuteronomy 28:25The 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.Lamentations 2:6He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.Psalms 106:44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.Genesis 49:7Cursed 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.Leviticus 26:33–39But 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.2 Kings 25:18–21The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.Jeremiah 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,2 Kings 25:20Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.Lamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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