Lamentations 1:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

Her sins had made her filthy, but she wasn't worried about what could happen. And when Jerusalem fell, it was so tragic. No one gave her comfort when she cried out, “Help! I'm in trouble, Lord! The enemy has won.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29

If you did, you could see where you are headed.

Isaiah 47:7

You thought that you would be queen forever. You didn't care what you did; it never entered your mind that you might get caught.

Lamentations 1:17

Zion reaches out her hands, but no one offers comfort. The Lord has turned the neighboring nations against Jacob's descendants. Jerusalem is merely a filthy rag to her neighbors.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I looked again and saw people being mistreated everywhere on earth. They were crying, but no one was there to offer comfort, and those who mistreated them were powerful.

Psalm 25:18

See my troubles and misery and forgive my sins.

Zephaniah 2:10

This is how Moab and Ammon will at last be repaid for their pride— and for sneering at the nation that belongs to me, the Lord All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 48:26

People of Moab, you claim to be stronger than I am. Now I will tell other nations to make you drunk and to laugh while you collapse in your own vomit.

Jeremiah 2:34

You killed innocent people for no reason at all. And even though their blood can be seen on your clothes,

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem and Judah, you rebelled against your glorious Lord— your words and your actions, made you stumble and fall.

Psalm 119:153

I have not forgotten your Law! Look at the trouble I am in, and rescue me.

1 Peter 4:17

God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say,

John 11:19

and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.

Hosea 2:14

Israel, I, the Lord, will lure you into the desert and speak gently to you.

Lamentations 4:1

The purest gold is ruined and has lost its shine; jewels from the temple lie scattered in the streets.

Lamentations 2:13

Zion, how can I comfort you? How great is your pain? Lovely city of Jerusalem, how can I heal your wounds, gaping as wide as the sea?

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.

Jeremiah 50:29

Attack Babylon, enemy archers; set up camp around the city, and don't let anyone escape. It challenged me, the holy God, so do to it what it did to other cities.

Jeremiah 16:7

No one will bring food and wine to help comfort those who are mourning the death of their father or mother.

Jeremiah 13:27

So I'll rip off your clothes and leave you naked and ashamed for everyone to see. You are doomed! Will you ever be worthy to worship me again?

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Isaiah 54:11

Jerusalem, you are sad and discouraged, tossed around in a storm. But I, the Lord, will rebuild your city with precious stones; for your foundation I will use blue sapphires.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to Jerusalem and announce: Your slavery is past; your punishment is over. I, the Lord, made you pay double for your sins.”

Isaiah 37:29

I have seen your pride and the tremendous hatred you have for me. Now I will put a hook in your nose, a bit in your mouth, then I will send you back to where you came from.

Isaiah 37:23

Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted and sneered at me, the holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 37:17

Just look and see how Sennacherib has insulted you, the living God.

Isaiah 37:4

Please pray for those of us who are left alive. The king of Assyria sent his army commander to insult the living God. Perhaps the Lord heard what he said and will do something, if you will pray.

Psalm 140:8

Don't let the wicked succeed in doing what they want, or else they might never stop planning evil.

Nehemiah 9:32

Our God, you are powerful, fearsome, and faithful, always true to your word. So please keep in mind the terrible sufferings of our people, kings, leaders, priests, and prophets, from the time Assyria ruled until this very day.

2 Kings 14:26

The Lord helped Jeroboam do this because he had seen how terribly the Israelites were suffering, whether slave or free, and no one was left to help them.

2 Samuel 16:12

But if the Lord hears these curses and sees the trouble I'm in, maybe he will have pity on me instead.

1 Samuel 1:11

“Lord All-Powerful, I am your servant, but I am so miserable! Please let me have a son. I promise to give him to you for as long as he lives, and his hair will never be cut.”

Deuteronomy 32:27

But I dreaded the sound of your enemies saying, ‘We defeated Israel with no help from the Lord.’ ”

Deuteronomy 26:7

We called out for help to you, the Lord God of our ancestors. You heard our cries; you knew we were in trouble and abused.

Exodus 4:31

and everyone believed. They bowed down and worshiped the Lord because they knew that he had seen their suffering and was going to help them.

Exodus 3:17

and I promise to lead them out of their troubles. I will give them a land rich with milk and honey, where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them,

Psalm 69:21

Enemies poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar.

Isaiah 51:19

You have been destroyed by war and by famine; I cannot comfort you.

Lamentations 5:1

Our Lord, don't forget how we have suffered and been disgraced.