Lamentations 5:18

“Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.”

"Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it." - Lamentations 5:18
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What does Lamentations 5:18 mean?

The Bible verse Lamentations 5:18 in the King James Version (KJV) states: "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it." The book of Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem, the capital city of the ancient…

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The Desolation of Zion: A Call to Restoration

Lamentations 5:18 proclaims, "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it." This profound verse encapsulates not only the physical desolation of a beloved city but also serves as a poignant metaphor for spiritual barrenness and neglect in our own…

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A Prayer for Restoration and Hope in Our Desolation

O Heavenly Father, our refuge and strength, we come before You with humble hearts, recognizing the desolation that surrounds us and the deep sorrow that weighs on our spirits. As we reflect on the profound words of Lamentations 5:18, which state, "Because of the mountain of…

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Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
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Lamentations 5:5 - "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest."
Lamentations 3:18 - "And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:"
Lamentations 5:11 - "They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 5:2 - "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Lamentations 5:7 - "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
Lamentations 5:15 - "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning."
Lamentations 5:6 - "We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread."
Lamentations 5:10 - "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."
Lamentations 5:13 - "They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood."
Lamentations 5:12 - "Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
Lamentations 3:5 - "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
Lamentations 5:14 - "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick."
Lamentations 5:9 - "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
Lamentations 5:19 – "You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation."
Lamentations 5:19 - "Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation."
"Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." - Lamentations 5:5
Lamentations 5:8 - "Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand."
Lamentations 5:1 - "Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."
Lamentations 5:22 - "But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us."
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 5:20 - "Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?"
Lamentations 5:16 - "The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"
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 5:21 - "Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old."