Lamentations 4:19
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
שָׁמַיִם
heaven
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שָׁמַיִם
Heaven, sky. Shamayim. The visible sky and the spiritual realm where God dwells. God inhabits eternity but also dwells with the humble and contrite in spirit.
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רָדַף
pursuers/ our
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רָדַף
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
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קַל
swift
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קַל
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
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דָּלַק
they hotly pursued/ us
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דָּלַק
to flame (literally or figuratively)
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