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Lamentations 4

Lam. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
of the sucking child
yanaq (Hebrew #3243)
to suck; causatively, to give milk
KJV usage: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
Pronounce: yaw-nak'
Origin: a primitive root
cleaveth
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
to the roof of his mouth
chek (Hebrew #2441)
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
KJV usage: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
Pronounce: khake
Origin: probably from 2596 in the sense of tasting
for thirst
tsama' (Hebrew #6772)
thirst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: thirst(-y).
Pronounce: tsaw-maw'
Origin: from 6770
: the young children
`owlel (Hebrew #5768)
from 5763; a suckling
KJV usage: babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
Pronounce: o-lale'
Origin: or lolal {o-lawl'}
ask
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
, and nor man breaketh
paras (Hebrew #6566)
to break apart, disperse, etc.
KJV usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
it unto them.
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Deut. 32:24• 24They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust. (Deut. 32:24)

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Ministry on This Verse

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tongue.
Psa. 22:15• 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death. (Psa. 22:15)
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Psa. 137:6• 6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Psa. 137:6)
the young.
Lam. 1:11• 11All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their precious things for food to revive their soul. See, Jehovah, and consider, for I am become vile. (Lam. 1:11)
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Lam. 2:11‑12• 11Mine eyes are consumed with tears, my bowels are troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, because of the ruin of the daughter of my people; because infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.
 12They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul into their mothers' bosom. (Lam. 2:11‑12)
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Deut. 32:24• 24They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust. (Deut. 32:24)
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Matt. 7:9‑11• 9Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
 10and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?
 11If therefore *ye*, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him? (Matt. 7:9‑11)
• Unspeakably sad is the state of God’s people when their assemblies are not like nurseries where newborn babes and young saints can find nourishing food such as is suitable for them. It is to be feared the needs of the lambs are often forgotten; and, alas, oftener still there is nought to feed them with because all is parched and dry. If older saints are living for the world, it is small wonder that the babes languish and succumb at last to the withering influences about them, so far as their joy and testimony are concerned. (“Chapter 30” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.

W. Kelly Translation

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The tongue of the suckling cleaveth to its palate for thirst;{HR}Infants ask bread—none breaketh [it] for them.