Lamentations 2:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

Then I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.

Psalm 35:24

Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

Psalm 35:26

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

Psalm 38:16

I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

Psalm 89:42

You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

Psalm 89:43

His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

Isaiah 14:29

Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.

Jeremiah 18:11

Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.

Jeremiah 4:28

The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

Jeremiah 40:3

and the Lord has made it come, and has done as he said; because of your sin against the Lord in not giving ear to his voice; and that is why this thing has come on you.

Lamentations 1:5

Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.

Lamentations 2:8

It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

Lamentations 3:43

Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.

Ezekiel 5:11

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have made my holy place unclean with all your hated things and all your disgusting ways, you will become disgusting to me; my eye will have no mercy and I will have no pity.

Ezekiel 8:18

For this reason I will let loose my wrath: my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity.

Ezekiel 9:10

And as for me, my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity, but I will send the punishment of their ways on their heads.

Daniel 9:12

And he has given effect to his words which he said against us and against those who were our judges, by sending a great evil on us: for under all heaven there has not been done what has been done to Jerusalem.

Micah 2:3

For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.

Zephaniah 1:2

I will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.