Lamentations 5:9 Cross References - Thomson

⁹ At the peril of our lives we must gather in our corn, because of the sword of the desert.

¹¹ Then there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under the fir tree, which is at Ephratha, in the land of father Joas, the Esdrite. Now Gideon, his son, was beating out corn in the wine

¹⁷ and said, Lord forbid that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men, who have gone at the risk of their lives? So he would not drink it. These exploits were performed by these three men.

⁹ and Godolias sword to them and their men, saying, Be not afraid of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be better for you. ¹⁰ As for me, behold I reside before you, at Massepha to meet the Chaldeans who may come against you. But as for you, collect wine and summer fruits and oil and lay them up in your vessels and dwell in the cities which you have taken possession of. ¹¹ All the Jews also who were in Moab and among the Ammonites and those in Idumea and in all that country, when they heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant for Juda and had set Godolias son of Achikam over them, ¹² came to Godolias into the land of Juda to Massepha, and collected wine and summer fruits in great abundance, and oil.

¹ Now it came to pass that in the seventh month Ismael son of Nathanias son of Eleasa of the royal family and ten chief men with him came to Godolias at Massepha and they there ate bread together. ² And Ismael arose and the ten chiefs who were with him, and smote Godolias whom the king of Babylon had set over the land, ³ and all the Jews who were with him at Massepha and all the Chaldeans who were found there. ⁴ And it happened that on the second day after he had slain Godolias and it was not generally known, ⁵ there came eighty men from Sychem and from Salem and from Samaria, with their beards shaven and their clothes rent and in deep mourning, with manna and frankincense in their hands, to make an offering for the house of the Lord. ⁶ And Ismael went out to meet them as they were proceeding on in their journey weeping, and said to them, Come to Godolias. ⁷ And when they were come into the midst of the city he slew them at the pit. ⁸ But there were ten men among them who said to Ismael, Do not kill us; for we have treasures in a field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he forbore and did not kill them among their brethren. ⁹ Now the pit, into which Ismael threw all that he had slain, was that great pit which king Asa had made for fear of Baasa king of Israel. This Ismael filled with the slain. ¹⁰ And Ismael carried away all the people who were left at Massepha and the king's daughters whom the chief cook had committed to the care of Godolias son of Achikam; and fled towards the borders of the Anmonites.

¹⁸ for fear of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them because Ismael had slain Godolias whom the king of Babylon had set over the land.

¹⁴ "We will not abide in this land; for we will go to the land of Egypt, that we may not see war nor hear the trumpet's sound, nor pine for want of bread; and we will dwell there."

¹⁶ the sword of which you are afraid shall find you in the land of Egypt; and the famine which you wish to avoid shall follow and overtake you in Egypt, and there you shall die.

¹⁶ Moreover he said to me, son of man, Behold I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem and they shall eat bread by weight and with scantiness; and they shall drink water by measure and with faintness; ¹⁷ that they may be in want of bread and water and perish, one and all, and be wasted away for their iniquities.

¹⁸ Son of man, thou shalt eat thy bread with sorrow and drink water with tribulation and affliction, ¹⁹ and thou shalt say respecting the people of that land, Thus saith the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, They shall eat their loaves with scantiness, and drink water with astonishment, that the land may be wasted with the fulness thereof;