Lamentations 4
Treated in 4 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 4:20 The very breath of our life, the LORD's anointed, was caught in their traps, the one of whom we had said, "Under his protection we will live among the nations." 2
- 4:1 How the gold has lost its shine, the finest gold has changed! The sacred stones lie scattered at the corner of every street. 1
- 4:7 Her princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk; their bodies glowed redder than coral; they had the beauty of lapis lazuli. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites Lam. iv. 1
…it with them. “They have defiled the gold with dung, and changed the good colour,” (Lam. iv. 1., as Jeremiah saith.) But the gold is not to be compared unto, and cast away with the…
- Communion with God ·
What it is wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ cites Lam. iv. 7
…for their typical holiness, “They were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk,” Lam. iv. 7. And the prophet shows us that scarlet, red, and crimson, are the colours of sin and…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 6 — Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ cites Lam. 4:20
…taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen,” (Lam. 4:20). From all this it is abundantly plain, that as the Lord cannot be propitious to the…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Strong Rod Broken and Withered cites Lam. iv. 20
…community in her Lamentations to express the expectations she had from her princes: Lam. iv. 20, “The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom…