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Lamentations 4

Lam. 4:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They hunt
tsuwd (Hebrew #6679)
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); (denominative from 6718) to victual (for a journey)
KJV usage: chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).
Pronounce: tsood
Origin: a primitive root
our steps
tsa`ad (Hebrew #6806)
a pace or regular step
KJV usage: pace, step.
Pronounce: tsah'-ad
Origin: from 6804
, that we cannot go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
in our streets
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
: our end
qets (Hebrew #7093)
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
KJV usage: + after, (utmost) border, end, (in-)finite, X process.
Pronounce: kates
Origin: contracted from 7112
is near
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
, our days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
are fulfilled
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
; for our end
qets (Hebrew #7093)
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
KJV usage: + after, (utmost) border, end, (in-)finite, X process.
Pronounce: kates
Origin: contracted from 7112
f is come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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Ezek. 7:2‑3,6• 2And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel: An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
 3Now is the end upon thee; and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
 6The end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee: behold, it cometh. (Ezek. 7:2‑3,6)

Cross References

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hunt.
Lam. 3:52• 52They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird. (Lam. 3:52)
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1 Sam. 24:14• 14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea. (1 Sam. 24:14)
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2 Kings 25:4‑5• 4And the city was broken into; and all the men of war fled by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which leads to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.
 5And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. (2 Kings 25:4‑5)
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Job 10:16• 16And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me. (Job 10:16)
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Psa. 140:11• 11Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin. (Psa. 140:11)
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Jer. 16:16• 16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them, from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. (Jer. 16:16)
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Jer. 39:4‑5• 4And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain.
 5And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment upon him. (Jer. 39:4‑5)
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Jer. 52:7‑9• 7And the city was broken into: and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were near the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.
 8And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
 9And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment upon him. (Jer. 52:7‑9)
our end is near.
Jer. 1:12• 12And Jehovah said unto me, Thou hast well seen; for I am watchful over my word to perform it. (Jer. 1:12)
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Jer. 51:33• 33For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor, at the time of its being trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her. (Jer. 51:33)
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Ezek. 7:2‑12• 2And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel: An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
 3Now is the end upon thee; and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
 4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
 5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil! behold, it is come.
 6The end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee: behold, it cometh.
 7The doom is come unto thee, inhabitant of the land; the time is come, the day is near,--tumult, and not the joyous cry from the mountains.
 8Now will I soon pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee; and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
 9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will render unto thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that it is I, Jehovah, that smite.
 10Behold the day, behold, it is come: the doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride is full blown.
 11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: nothing of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth, nor of the magnificence in the midst of them.
 12The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof. (Ezek. 7:2‑12)
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Ezek. 12:22‑23,27• 22Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?
 23Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the accomplishment of every vision.
 27Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days, and he prophesieth of times that are far off. (Ezek. 12:22‑23,27)
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Amos 8:2• 2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer-fruit. And Jehovah said unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more. (Amos 8:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.