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 Historical context

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 Historical context

2 Kings 25:5 describes the Chaldeans pursuing and overtaking the king — the exact 'dogged our steps' from Lamentations.

Jeremiah 39:4 Historical context

Jeremiah 39:4 recounts the king's flight from Jerusalem, the very event that fulfills the end described here.

Jeremiah 39:5 Historical context

Jeremiah 39:5 continues the pursuit: the Chaldeans overtook Zedekiah, matching the hunting of steps in Lamentations.

Jeremiah 52:7–9 Historical context

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.

Amos 8:2 Parallel

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.