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Lamentations 5:7–8

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Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
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From verse 7

  1. Jeremiah 16:12Rank 1 from verse 7
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    12And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

  2. Jeremiah 31:29Rank 2 from verse 7
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    29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

  3. Ezekiel 18:2Rank 3 from verse 7
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    2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

  4. Jeremiah 14:20Rank 4 from verse 7
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    20We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

  5. Exodus 20:5Rank 5 from verse 7
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    5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  6. Genesis 42:36Rank 6 from verse 7
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    36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

  7. Jeremiah 31:15Rank 7 from verse 7
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    15¶ Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

  8. Matthew 23:32–36Rank 8 from verse 7
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    32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

    33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

    34¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

    35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

  9. Job 7:21Rank 9 from verse 7
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    21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  10. Genesis 42:13Rank 10 from verse 7
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    13And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

  11. Job 7:8Rank 11 from verse 7
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    8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

  12. Zechariah 1:5Rank 12 from verse 7
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    5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

From verse 8

  1. Nehemiah 5:15Rank 1 from verse 8
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    15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

  2. Proverbs 30:22Rank 2 from verse 8
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    22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

  3. Zechariah 11:6Rank 3 from verse 8
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    6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

  4. Psalms 7:2Rank 4 from verse 8
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    2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  5. Deuteronomy 28:43Rank 5 from verse 8
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    43The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

  6. Genesis 9:25Rank 6 from verse 8
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    25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

  7. Hosea 2:10Rank 7 from verse 8
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    10And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

  8. Isaiah 43:13Rank 8 from verse 8
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    13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

  9. Job 10:7Rank 9 from verse 8
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    7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  10. Job 5:4Rank 10 from verse 8
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    4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

  11. Nehemiah 2:19Rank 11 from verse 8
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    19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

  12. Psalms 50:22Rank 12 from verse 8
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    22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

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Lamentations 5:7

COMBINED MEANING

borne

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1. Carried, supported, conveyed, or sustained. 2. Endured or suffered. 3. Brought forth as offspring. 4. Bore or possessed a likeness. 5. Given testimony.

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COMBINED MEANING

iniquities

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Acts or conditions of wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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DEFINED WORDS

Lamentations 5:8

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ruled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of rule, meaning to govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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5:8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

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5:9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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