Lamentations cross-references

Lamentations has 5 chapters and 154 verses. Choose a chapter to read each verse with its strongest cross-references.

Chapters

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Most connected verses

• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,… 85 links
• Lamentations 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 69 links
• Lamentations 1:9 — Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she… 62 links
• Lamentations 4:21 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through… 61 links
• Lamentations 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great… 56 links
• Lamentations 1:18 — The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold… 55 links
• Lamentations 2:14 — Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn… 54 links
• Lamentations 1:8 — Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they… 51 links
• Lamentations 2:11 — Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction… 50 links
• Lamentations 3:39 — Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 48 links
• Lamentations 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort… 47 links
• Lamentations 1:5 — Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her… 46 links

Key Hebrew words in Lamentations

Words characteristic of Lamentations in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.

• בַּת bat “daughter” 19
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 15
• רָאָה raah “to see” 16
• אַף aph “face” 10
• צַר tsar “enemy” 8
• בְּתוּלָה betulah “virgin” 7
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 12
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 13
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 11
• שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 7
• עוֹלֵל olel “infant” 5
• נָבַט navat “to look” 6
• חוּץ chuts “outside” 7
• לֵב lev “heart” 9
• נָחַם nacham “to be sorry” 6
• עֳנִי oni “affliction” 5
• שֶׁבֶר shever “breaking” 5
• בָּחוּר bachur “youth” 5
• רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 6
• אָנַח anach “to sigh” 4
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 9
• זָקֵן zaqen “old” 6
• עָלַל alal “to abuse” 4
• זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 6