Lamentations 4:18

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

"They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come." - Lamentations 4:18
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What does Lamentations 4:18 mean?

Lamentations 4:18 (KJV) reads: "They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come." Lamentations, traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, is a book of the Old Testament that draws attention to the…

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The Weight of Oppression: Finding Hope Amidst Despair

The Book of Lamentations offers a heart-wrenching glimpse into the aftermath of the great destruction of Jerusalem. It echoes the cries of a people who have experienced immense suffering and loss. In Lamentations 4:18, we read, "They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our…

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A Prayer for Deliverance and Hope in Troubling Times

O Lord Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, we come before You today, seeking Your divine mercy and strength in the midst of our tribulations and trials. We turn our hearts and thoughts toward the sobering words of Lamentations 4:18, where it is written, "They hunt our steps…

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Lamentations 4:18 - "They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come."
Lamentations 3:1-18
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
Lamentations 3:18 - "And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:"
Lamentations 4:4 - "The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them."
Lamentations 4:5 - "They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."
Lamentations 5:4 - "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us."
Lamentations 4:13 - "¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,"
"Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it." - Lamentations 5:18
Lamentations 4:9 - "They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field."
Matthew 2:18 - "In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not."
Lamentations 4:2 - "The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!"
Lamentations 4:10 - "The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Lamentations 3:4 - "My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones."
Lamentations 4:8 - "Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick."
Lamentations 4:16 - "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."
Lamentations 4:14 - "They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments."
Lamentations 4:19 - "Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness."
"And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:" - Lamentations 3:18
Lamentations 4:6 - "For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her."
Lamentations 4:12 - "The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem."
Lamentations 4:1 - "How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street."
Lamentations 4:17 - "As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us."
Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
Lamentations 2:18 - "Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease."
Lamentations 1:18 - "¶ The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity."
Lamentations 4:7 - "Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:"