Lamentations 5:5

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 1:14 describes a yoke of sins sapping strength — here the same weariness comes from relentless pursuers.

Lamentations 4:19 also describes pursuers chasing the people — here they are at their heels, weary without rest.

Lamentations 3:7 uses similar imagery of being trapped and burdened under heavy chains, echoing the pursuers and weariness here.

Deuteronomy 28:65 curses with no rest among nations — here the people are weary and find no rest from pursuers.

In Matthew 11:29, Jesus offers a yoke that gives rest — directly contrasting the relentless pursuit and no rest suffered here.

Deuteronomy 28:48 curses with serving enemies under an iron yoke — here the people are pursued and exhausted, part of those covenant curses.

Nehemiah 9:36 Historical context

In Nehemiah 9:36, the people confess being slaves in their own land — the same post-exilic servitude reflected in this lament.

In Jeremiah 27:11, the same 'neck under yoke' imagery describes submission to Babylon — the pursuers here are the consequence of refusing that yoke.

In Jeremiah 27:12, the command to bring neck under Babylon's yoke shows the warning unheeded — leading to the exhaustion and pursuit here.

In Jeremiah 28:14, an iron yoke is placed on all nations for Nebuchadnezzar — the pursuers at the neck here represent that forced servitude.

Micah 2:3 Allusion

Micah 2:3 uses the same neck imagery — disaster from which you cannot remove your necks — as a prophecy of judgment that Lamentations describes as fulfilled.

Nehemiah 9:37 Historical context

In Nehemiah 9:37, kings rule over bodies and livestock — the 'pursuers at our necks' are those rulers causing distress.

Psalm 18:39 Contrast

In Psalm 18:39, God makes enemies sink under the psalmist — the opposite of having pursuers at the neck here.

In Psalm 107:12, God bows hearts with hard labor and no helper — similar exhaustion, though there it is divine discipline.

Acts 15:10 Parallel

In Acts 15:10, the Law is called a yoke the disciples couldn't bear — similar burden imagery, though here the yoke is political oppression.