Lamentations 5:9 Cross References - Rotherham

⁹ At the risk of our life, do we bring in our bread, because of the sword of the desert.

¹¹ Then came the messenger of Yahweh, and sat down under the oak which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite; and, Gideon his son, was beating out wheat in the winepress, to escape the notice of the Midianites;

¹⁷ and said––Be it far from me, O Yahweh, that I should do this! is it not the blood of the men who went with their lives [in their hands]? So he would not drink it. These things, did the three mighty men.

⁹ Then Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, sware, unto them, and to their men, saying, Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans,––dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, that it may be well with you. ¹⁰ But, as for me, behold me! remaining in Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans, who may come unto us. Ye, however, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have seized. ¹¹ Likewise also, all the Jews, who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom, and who were in any of the lands, when they heard that the king of Babylon had granted a remnant to Judah, and that he had set in charge over them, Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, ¹² yea, then returned all the Jews, out of all the places whither they had been driven, and came into the land of Judah, unto Gedaliah, in Mizpah,––and gathered wine and summer fruits, in great abundance.

¹ And it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama of the seed royal and chiefs of the king, and ten men with him, came in, unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, at Mizpah,––and they did there eat bread together, in Mizpah. ² Then arose Ishmael son of Nethaniah––and the ten men who were with him, and they smote Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan––with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon, had set in charge, over the land. ³ And Ishmael smote, all the Jews, who were with him, even with Gedaliah in Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war. ⁴ And it came to pass, on the second day, after he had slain Gedaliah, not, a man, knowing it, ⁵ that men came in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,––eighty men, with beards shaven and clothes rent, who also had cut themselves, with a meal–offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring them into the house of Yahweh. ⁶ Then went forth Ishmael son of Nethaniah to meet them, out of Mizpah, weeping all along as he went,––and it came to pass, when he fell in with them, that he said unto them, Come ye in unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam. ⁷ And so it was, when they had come into the midst of the city, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah slew, them [and cast them] into the midst of a pit, he, and the men who were with him. ⁸ But, ten men, were found among them, who said unto Ishmael––Do not put us to death, for we have secret treasures in the field, wheat and barley and oil and honey. So he forbare, and put them not to death, in the midst of their brethren. ⁹ Now, the pit, whereinto Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had smitten, was a large pit, which King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel,––the same, did Ishmael son of Nethaniah fill with the slain. ¹⁰ Then did Ishmael take captive all the remnant of the people that was in Mizpah,––the daughters of the king, and all the people that were left remaining in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners had committed unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam,––yea Ishmael son of Nethaniah, took them captive, and departed, to pass over unto the sons of Ammon.

¹⁸ because of the Chaldeans, for they were afraid of them,––because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had smitten, Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had set in charge, over the land.

¹⁴ saying,––No! for, into the land of Egypt, will we go, where we shall not see war, nor, the sound of a horn, shall we hear,––nor, for bread, shall we be famished,––there, then will we dwell.

¹⁶ then shall it come to pass that, the sword which ye, are fearing, shall, there, overtake you, in the land of Egypt,––and, the famine which ye, are dreading, shall, there, lay fast hold of you, in Egypt, and, there, shall ye die.

¹⁶ And he said unto me, Son of man, Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight, and with anxious care, And, water, by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink: ¹⁷ that they may lack bread and water and be astonished one with another, and pine away in their punishment.

¹⁸ Son of man, Thy bread, with trembling, shalt thou eat,––And, thy water, in agitation and in fear, shalt thou drink. ¹⁹ Then shalt thou say unto the people of the land, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, upon the soil of Israel, Their bread, with anxious care, shall they eat, And, their water, in astonishment, shall they drink,––That there land, may be deserted, of her fulness, because of the violence of all them who dwell therein: