Lamentations 3:43

Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 3:66 asks God to pursue enemies in anger, reversing the direction of the same verb 'pursue' from verse 43 where God pursues Israel.

Lamentations 2:1 also describes God covering Zion with a cloud of anger, using the same imagery of divine wrath without pity.

Lamentations 2:2 similarly notes God swallowed up without pity, reinforcing the description of divine destruction with no mercy.

Lamentations 2:21 also says God 'slain without pity' — the same phrase, reinforcing the theme of merciless judgment.

2 Chronicles 36:17 Historical context

2 Chronicles 36:17 describes the Chaldean invasion killing without compassion — the historical event behind this 'slain without pity'.

Psalm 44:19 Parallel

Psalm 44:19 laments being broken and covered with death, paralleling the experience of being persecuted and slain by God.

Psalm 83:15 Contrast

Psalm 83:15 calls for God to pursue enemies with tempest, contrasting with 3:43 where God persecutes His own people.

Ezekiel 7:9 Parallel

Ezekiel 7:9 declares God will not spare or have pity — the same language of merciless judgment found here.

Ezekiel 8:18 says God will not spare or pity, and will not hear their cry — matching both pity and prayer themes.

Ezekiel 9:10 repeats 'my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity' — identical phrasing to the judgment here.