Lamentations 2:16

Conservative English Version

Zion, your enemies curse you and snarl like wild animals, while shouting, "This is the day we've waited for! At last, we've got you!"

Cross References

Psalm 109:2

Destructive and deceitful lies are told about me,

Psalm 112:10

When evil people see this, they angrily bite their tongues and disappear. They will never get what they really want.

Psalm 124:3

would have killed us all, because it was furious.

Psalm 22:13

My enemies are like lions roaring and attacking with jaws open wide.

Psalm 35:16

Worthless people make fun and never stop laughing.

Psalm 35:21

They are quick to accuse me. They say, "You did it! We saw you ourselves."

Psalm 35:25

or say to each other, "Now we've got what we want! We'll gobble him down!"

Psalm 37:12

Merciless people make plots against good people and snarl like animals,

Psalm 41:8

and they say, "You have some fatal disease! You'll never get well."

Psalm 56:2

Many of them are pursuing and attacking me,

Psalm 57:3

You will send help from heaven and save me, but you will bring trouble on my attackers. You are faithful, and you can be trusted.

Isaiah 49:19

Jerusalem is now in ruins! Nothing is left of the city. But it will be rebuilt and soon overcrowded; its cruel enemies will be gone far away.

Jeremiah 26:6

I will destroy this temple, just as I destroyed the town of Shiloh. Then everyone on earth will use the name "Jerusalem" as a curse word.

Jeremiah 29:18

(SEE 29:16)

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a flock of sheep scattered by hungry lions. The king of Assyria first gobbled Israel down. Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, crunched on Israel's bones.

Jeremiah 50:7

I am your true pastureland, the one who gave hope to your ancestors. But you abandoned me, so when your enemies found you, they felt no guilt as they gobbled you down.

Jeremiah 51:34

The people of Jerusalem say, "King Nebuchadnezzar made us panic. That monster stuffed himself with us and our treasures, leaving us empty-- he gobbled down what he wanted and spit out the rest.

Lamentations 1:21

Everyone heard my groaning, but no one offered comfort. My enemies know of the trouble that you have brought on me, and it makes them glad. Hurry and punish them, as you have promised.

Lamentations 3:46

our enemies curse us.

Ezekiel 23:32

I, the LORD God, gave your sister a large, deep cup filled with my anger. And when you drink from that cup, you will be mocked and insulted.

Ezekiel 25:15

The LORD God said, "The cruel Philistines have taken revenge on their enemies over and over and have tried to destroy them.

Ezekiel 25:3

and tell them: You celebrated when my temple was destroyed, when Israel was defeated, and when my people were taken away as prisoners.

Ezekiel 25:6

You hated Israel so much that you clapped and shouted and celebrated.

Ezekiel 36:3

They ruined and crushed you from every side, and foreign nations captured and made fun of you.

Ezekiel 5:15

will insult you and make fun of you, but they will also be shocked and terrified at what I did in my anger.

Hosea 8:8

Israel, you are ruined, and now the nations consider you worthless.

Micah 4:11

Zion, because of your sins you are surrounded by many nations who say, "We can hardly wait to see you disgraced."

Acts 7:54

When the council members heard Stephen's speech, they were angry and furious.