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Lamentations 4

Lam. 4:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Our persecutors
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
are swifter
qal (Hebrew #7031)
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
KJV usage: light, swift(-ly).
Pronounce: kal
Origin: contracted from 7043
g than the eagles
nesher (Hebrew #5404)
the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
KJV usage: eagle.
Pronounce: neh'-sher
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lacerate
of the heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
: they pursued
dalaq (Hebrew #1814)
to flame (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
Pronounce: daw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
us upon the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
, they laid wait
'arab (Hebrew #693)
to lurk
KJV usage: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
Pronounce: aw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
for us in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
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Deut. 28:49• 49{i}Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;{/i} (Deut. 28:49)
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Jer. 4:13• 13Behold he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are spoiled. (Jer. 4:13)

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Heaven,
Mountain Mount,
Wilderness

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Ministry on This Verse

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persecutors.
Deut. 28:49• 49{i}Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;{/i} (Deut. 28:49)
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Isa. 5:26‑28• 26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations afar off, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
 27none shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
 28their arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. (Isa. 5:26‑28)
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Isa. 30:16‑17• 16And ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
 17One thousand [shall flee] at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill. (Isa. 30:16‑17)
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Jer. 4:13• 13Behold he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are spoiled. (Jer. 4:13)
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Hos. 8:1• 1Set the trumpet to thy mouth. he shall come as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, {i}because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.{/i} (Hos. 8:1)
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Hab. 1:8• 8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; and they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. (Hab. 1:8)
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Matt. 24:27‑28• 27For as the lightning cometh forth from the east and appeareth unto the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
 28Wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered. (Matt. 24:27‑28)
the eagles.The eagle, whose wings are of an extraordinary length, darts with amazing rapidity through the voids of heaven.they pursued.
Amos 2:14• 14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: (Amos 2:14)
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Amos 9:1‑3• 1{i}I saw the Lord standing upon the altar;{/i} and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
 2{i}Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;{/i}
 3{i}and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;{/i} (Amos 9:1‑3)
• No mountain was steep, no desert lonely, enough to protect the guilty fugitives. It was God who was punishing them by means most just. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 4:12-22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

W. Kelly Translation

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