Lamentations 5:5

“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.”

"Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." - Lamentations 5:5
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What does Lamentations 5:5 mean?

The verse Lamentations 5:5 from the King James Version of the Bible reads: "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." This verse is from the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of…

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The Weary Cry of the Persecuted: Finding Rest in Troublesome Times

The heart-wrenching lament found in Lamentations 5:5, "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest," encapsulates a profound sense of anguish, struggle, and the longing for deliverance. These words resonate deeply with the human experience, capturing a universal…

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A Prayer for Deliverance and Rest Amidst Persecution

O Lord God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, the One who knows our hearts and our struggles, we come before You today with heavy burdens and weary souls. As we gather in Your presence, we are reminded of the profound truth found in Lamentations 5:5, which states, "Our necks…

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Lamentations 5:5 - "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest."
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 5:15 - "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
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 5:7 - "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
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 5:19 – "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."
Lamentations 5:9 - "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
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 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."
"We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows." - Lamentations 5:3
"They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah." - Lamentations 5:11
Lamentations 5:21 - "Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old."
"Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens." - Lamentations 5:2
"For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim." - Lamentations 5:17