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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 breath {H7307} of our nostrils {H639}, the anointed {H4899} of the LORD {H3068}, was taken {H3920} in their pits {H7825}, of whom we said {H559}, Under his shadow {H6738} we shall live {H2421} among the heathen {H1471}.

ADONAI's anointed, our life-breath, was caught in their pits; though of him we had said, "Under his protection, we can live among the nations."

The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 12:13 (4 votes)

    My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

  • Genesis 2:7 (4 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 19:21 (4 votes)

    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?

  • Jeremiah 39:5 (4 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 1:21 (3 votes)

    Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew, neither [let there be] rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as though he had] not [been] anointed with oil.

  • Ezekiel 17:18 (3 votes)

    Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things], he shall not escape.

  • 2 Samuel 1:14 (3 votes)

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