Lamentations 5:9

“We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”

"We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness." - Lamentations 5:9
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What does Lamentations 5:9 mean?

Lamentations 5:9 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness." This verse comes from the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poetic laments expressing grief and sorrow over the…

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The Bread of Survival: Trusting God Amidst Trials

In the heart of Lamentations 5:9, we encounter a profound expression of distress and survival: "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness." This verse serves as a mirror to our own lives, reflecting the deep struggles, fears, and trials…

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A Prayer of Deliverance and Sustenance in the Midst of Trials

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the profound words penned in Lamentations 5:9, "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness." Lord, these words echo the reality of many who struggle for their daily bread…

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Lamentations 5:9 - "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
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 5:7 - "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 5:18 - "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 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."
"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 4:9 - "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."
Lamentations 3:9 - "He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked."
"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