Lamentations 2:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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?

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:20

David attacked the Philistines and defeated them. Then he said, “I watched the LORD break through my enemies like a mighty flood.” So he named the place “The Lord Broke Through”.

2 Kings 19:21

Now this is what I say to that king: The people of Jerusalem hate and make fun of you; they laugh behind your back.

Psalm 60:2

You made the earth shake and split wide open; now heal its wounds and stop its trembling.

Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah, go and tell the people how you feel about all this. So I told them: “Tears will flood my eyes both day and night, because my nation suffers from a deadly wound.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Jeremiah 8:22

If medicine and doctors may be found in Gilead, why aren't my people healed?

Jeremiah 9:18

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

Lamentations 1:12

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

Ezekiel 32:31

The LORD God says: When your king of Egypt sees all these graves, he and his soldiers will be glad they are not the only ones suffering.

Daniel 9:12

You warned us and our leaders that Jerusalem would suffer the worst disaster in human history, and you did exactly as you had threatened.