Lamentations 5:9
The Scripture
(9) We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The people of Jerusalem weep and lament as their city is destroyed and the king's son is taken away. They cry out to God for his wrath and for the loss of their beloved. Yet they also recall the promise of God's mercy and the hope of a future restoration.
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Judges 6:11II Samuel 23:17Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 40:10Jeremiah 40:11Jeremiah 40:12Jeremiah 41:1Jeremiah 41:2Jeremiah 41:3Jeremiah 41:4Jeremiah 41:5Jeremiah 41:6
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