Lamentations 4:19

Translations

Modern

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Traditional

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Literal

Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of the heavens; over the mountains they were hot after us, and in the wilderness they set an ambush for us.

Latin

Velociores fuerunt persecutores nostri aquilis cæli; super montes persecuti sunt nos, in deserto insidiati sunt nobis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Notes

Lamentations 4:1–22

Although God’s people still experience his judgment, they will soon experience restoration.

Related verses

Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Isaiah 5:26–28
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
Isaiah 30:16–17
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Hosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
Matthew 24:27–28
For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Amos 2:14
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
Amos 9:1–3
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

Glossary

Acrostic Eagle Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical Vulture

Topics

Deserts: Infested with Robbers Eagle: The Swift Flight of Persecution: The Wicked: Active In The Eagle: (Swiftness of) the Swiftness of Hostile Armies The Eagle: Called the Eagle of the Heavens

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