Lamentations 1:19
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. The first lament personifies Jerusalem as a widow, formerly great among nations, now grieving and desolate, her roads mourning, her priests groaning, her children gone. Judah has gone into exile. The poem is an alphabetic acrostic in which Zion confesses …
Otras traducciones
I called for my lovers, butthey deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
I called for my lovers, they--they have deceived me, My priests and my elders in the city have expired; When they have sought food for themselves, Then they give back their soul.
I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.
Referencias cruzadas
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you …
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an …
For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might …
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the …
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them …
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the …