Lamentations 2:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord was angry! So he disgraced Zion though it was Israel's pride and his own place of rest. In his anger he threw Zion down from heaven to earth.

Cross References

Psalm 132:7

Then we said, “Let's go to the throne of the Lord and worship at his feet.”

1 Chronicles 28:2

After everyone was there, David stood up and said: Listen to me, my people. I wanted to build a place where the sacred chest would be kept, so we could go there and worship the Lord our God. I have prepared all the supplies for building a temple,

Luke 10:18

Jesus told them: I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.

Matthew 11:23

People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honored in heaven? You will go down to hell! If the miracles that took place in your town had happened in Sodom, it would still be standing.

Joel 2:2

It will be dark and gloomy with storm clouds overhead. Troops will cover the mountains like thunderclouds. No army this powerful has ever been gathered before or will be gathered again.

Ezekiel 30:18

You were so proud of your nation's power, but when I crush that power and kill that pride, darkness will fall over the city of Tahpanhes. A dark, gloomy cloud will cover the land as you are being led away into captivity.

Psalm 99:5

Our Lord and our God, we praise you and kneel down to worship you, the God of holiness!

Luke 10:15

People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honored in heaven? Well, you will go down to hell!

Ezekiel 24:21

he is ready to destroy the temple in which you take such pride and which makes you feel so safe. Your children who now live in Jerusalem will be killed.

Lamentations 4:1

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

Lamentations 1:1

Jerusalem, once so crowded, lies deserted and lonely. This city that was known all over the world is now like a widow. This queen of the nations has been made a slave.

Isaiah 64:11

Zion's glorious and holy temple where our ancestors praised you has been destroyed by fire. Our beautiful buildings are now a pile of ruins.

2 Samuel 1:19

Israel, your famous hero lies dead on the hills, and your mighty warriors have fallen!

1 Samuel 4:21

Instead she kept thinking about losing her husband and her father-in-law. So she said, “My son will be named Ichabod, because the glory of Israel left our country when the sacred chest was captured.”

Lamentations 2:17

The Lord has done everything that he had planned and threatened long ago. He destroyed you without mercy and let your enemies boast about their powerful forces.

Ezekiel 19:12

But in anger, I pulled her up by the roots and threw her to the ground, where the scorching desert wind dried out her fruit. Her strong branches wilted and burned up.

Psalm 89:45

You made an old man of him and put him to shame.

Jeremiah 30:14

Your friends have forgotten you; they don't care anymore. Even I have acted like an enemy. And because your sins are horrible and countless, I will be cruel as I punish you.

Lamentations 1:12

No passerby even cares. Why doesn't someone notice my terrible sufferings? You were fiercely angry, Lord, and you punished me worst of all.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord was so fiercely angry that he burned the city of Zion to the ground.

Ezekiel 13:13

That wall is the city of Jerusalem. And I, the Lord God, am so angry that I will send strong winds, rainstorms, and hailstones to destroy it.