Lamentations 2:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Shall i take

Lamentations 1:12

Daniel 9:12

For

Who can

Jeremiah 8:22

Jeremiah 30:12

Jeremiah 51:8

General references

Mark 4:30

Bible References

Shall i take

ל LamedIs this nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look and see!
Is there any pain like mine,
which was dealt out to me,
which the Lord made me suffer
on the day of His burning anger?

He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and against our rulers

by bringing on us so great a disaster that nothing like what has been done to Jerusalem has ever been done under all of heaven.

For

So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, “Like a bursting flood, the Lord has burst out against my enemies before me.” Therefore, he named that place the Lord Bursts Out.

You have shaken the land and split it open.
Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

You are to speak this word to them:
Let my eyes overflow with tears;
day and night may they not stop,
for the virgin daughter of my people
has been destroyed by a great disaster,
an extremely severe wound.

therefore this is what the Lord God says: See, I am against you, Tyre! I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves.

Who can

Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
So why has the healing of my dear people
not come about?

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For this is what the Lord says:

Your injury is incurable;
your wound most severe.

Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.

General references

And He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?