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Lamentations 4:18

They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

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ASV

They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

KJV

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
צָד֣וּtza.Duthey huntedH6679 →
צְעָדֵ֔ינוּtze.'a.Dei.nusteps ourH6806 →
מִלֶּ֖כֶתmi.Le.khetfrom walkingH1980 →
בִּרְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּbir.cho.Tei.nuin open places ourH7339 →
קָרַ֥בka.Ravit drew nearH7126 →
קִצֵּ֛ינוּki.Tzei.nuend ourH7093 →
מָלְא֥וּmal.'Uthey were completedH4390 →
יָמֵ֖ינוּya.Mei.nudays ourH3117 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
בָ֥אva'it had comeH935 →
קִצֵּֽינוּ׃ סki.Tzei.nuend ourH7093 →

The walk

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Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”Ezekiel 7:2–12“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.Lamentations 3:52Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.Jeremiah 16:16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.Ezekiel 7:2“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.2 Kings 25:4–5Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,Jeremiah 1:12“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”Ezekiel 12:22–23“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?Jeremiah 39:4–5When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.Jeremiah 51:33For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”Ezekiel 12:27“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.Jeremiah 52:7–9Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.Jeremiah 51:13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

About Lamentations

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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