Lam.4.20

Lamentations 4:20

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The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

The Distress of Zion

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Man and Woman in the Garden

The First Man - Adam

2 Samuel 1:14

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And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’S anointed?

Saul’s Death Reported to David

2 Samuel 19:21

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But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’S anointed?

Shimei Pardoned

2 Chronicles 35:25

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¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

Laments over Josiah

Jeremiah 39:5

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But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

The Fall of Jerusalem

Jeremiah 52:9

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Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

Daniel 4:12

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The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.