Lamentations 4:18
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Cross-reference
Lamentations 3:52 says 'I have been hunted like a bird' — the same experience of being dogged by enemies as in Lamentations 4:18.
In Lamentations 1:3, pursuers overtake Judah, reinforcing the hunted condition described in Lamentations 4:18.
2 Kings 25:4 narrates the breach of Jerusalem's wall — the very moment when 'our end drew near' from Lamentations took place.
2 Kings 25:5 describes the Chaldeans pursuing and overtaking the king — the exact 'dogged our steps' from Lamentations.
Jeremiah 39:4 recounts the king's flight from Jerusalem, the very event that fulfills the end described here.
Jeremiah 39:5 continues the pursuit: the Chaldeans overtook Zedekiah, matching the hunting of steps in Lamentations.
Jeremiah 52:7-9 gives a parallel account of the city's fall and the king's capture, confirming the end has come.
Ezekiel 7:2-12 repeatedly says 'the end is come'—direct verbal parallel to Lamentations' cry of fulfilled judgment.
Ezekiel 12:23 announces the days are at hand, reinforcing that the end prophesied is now fulfilled in Lamentations.
In Amos 8:2, God declares 'the end has come' for Israel, directly mirroring Lamentations 4:18's declaration of Jerusalem's end.
In Jeremiah 51:13, 'your end has come' is pronounced against Babylon, echoing Lamentations 4:18's end of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 12:22 quotes a proverb that days are prolonged, contrasting with Lamentations' declaration that the end has arrived.
In Ezekiel 12:27, the people think the prophesied end is far off, contrasting Lamentations 4:18 where it has already arrived.