Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Those who died in the war were better off than those who died later, who starved slowly to death, with no food to keep them alive. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth. for Leviticus 26:39 And if of them also some remain, they shall pine away in their iniquities, in the land of their enemies: and they shall be afflicted for the sins of their fathers, and their own. Ezekiel 24:23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother. Ezekiel 33:10 Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saying: Our iniquities, and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them: how then can we live? pine away. Context The Distress of Zion…8Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood. 9Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.10Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.… Cross References Exodus 16:3 And the children of Israel said to them: Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat over the fleshpots, and ate bread to the full: Why have you brought us into this desert, that you might destroy all the multitude with famine? Leviticus 26:39 And if of them also some remain, they shall pine away in their iniquities, in the land of their enemies: and they shall be afflicted for the sins of their fathers, and their own. 2 Kings 25:3 The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. Jeremiah 16:4 They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth. Ezekiel 24:23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother. Jump to Previous Better Burned Caused Death Die Famine Field Flow Food Fruit Fruits Happier Hunger Increase Killed Lack Need Pierced Pine Pined Slain Slowly Stricken Sword Victims Want WasteJump to Next Better Burned Caused Death Die Famine Field Flow Food Fruit Fruits Happier Hunger Increase Killed Lack Need Pierced Pine Pined Slain Slowly Stricken Sword Victims Want WasteLinks Lamentations 4:9 NIVLamentations 4:9 NLT Lamentations 4:9 ESV Lamentations 4:9 NASB Lamentations 4:9 Bible Apps Lamentations 4:9 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 4:9 Chinese Bible Lamentations 4:9 French Bible Lamentations 4:9 German Bible Alphabetical: are away being better by die famine field food for from fruits hunger killed lack of off pine racked slain stricken sword than the they Those waste who with OT Prophets: Lamentations 4:9 Those who are killed with the sword (Lam. La Lm) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |