Isaiah 22:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then I said, “Leave me alone! Let me cry bitter tears. My people have been destroyed, so don't try to comfort me.”

Cross References

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai heard about the letter, he tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. Then he covered his head with ashes and went through the city, crying and weeping.

Psalm 77:2

In days filled with trouble, I search for you. And at night I tirelessly lift my hands in prayer, refusing comfort.

Isaiah 15:3

In the towns and at home, everyone wears sackcloth and cries loud and long.

Isaiah 33:7

Listen! Our bravest soldiers are running through the streets, screaming for help. Our messengers hoped for peace, but came home crying.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you are too proud to listen, I will weep alone. Tears will stream from my eyes when the LORD's people are taken away as prisoners.

Jeremiah 31:15

In Ramah a voice is heard, crying and weeping loudly. Rachel mourns for her children and refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.

Jeremiah 4:19

I can't stand the pain! My heart pounds, as I twist and turn in agony. I hear the signal trumpet and the battle cry of the enemy, and I cannot be silent.

Jeremiah 6:26

and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash heap.”

Jeremiah 8:18

I'm burdened with sorrow and feel like giving up.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed.

Jeremiah 9:18

The people answered, “Let them come quickly and cry for us, until our own eyes are flooded with tears.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are red from crying, my stomach is in knots, and I feel sick all over. My people are being wiped out, and children lie helpless in the streets of the city.

Ezekiel 21:11

My sword has been polished; it's sharp and ready to kill.

Ezekiel 27:31

they shave their heads and dress in sackcloth as they cry in despair.

Micah 1:8

Because of this tragedy, I go barefoot and naked. My crying and weeping sound like howling wolves or ostriches.

Matthew 2:18

“In Ramah a voice was heard crying and weeping loudly. Rachel was mourning for her children, and she refused to be comforted, because they were dead.”

Matthew 26:75

and Peter remembered that Jesus had said, “Before a cock crows, you will say three times that you don't know me.” Then Peter went out and cried hard.

Luke 1:2

They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.

Luke 19:41

When Jesus came closer and could see Jerusalem, he cried