Lamentations 2:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD had decided to tear down the walls of Zion stone by stone. So he started destroying and did not stop until walls and fortresses mourned and trembled.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

Jerusalem is as sinful as Ahab and the people of Samaria were. So I will wipe out Jerusalem and be done with it, just as someone wipes water off a plate and turns it over to dry.

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.

Isaiah 34:11

Owls, hawks, and wild animals will make it their home. God will leave it in ruins, merely a pile of rocks.

Isaiah 3:26

The city will mourn and sit in the dust, emptied of its people.

Jeremiah 5:10

I will tell their enemies, “Go through my vineyard. Don't destroy the vines, but cut off the branches, because they are the people who don't belong to me.”

Ezekiel 20:22

But I did not. That would have disgraced me in front of the nations that had seen me bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

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.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was like an enemy! He left Israel in ruins with its palaces and fortresses destroyed, and with everyone in Judah moaning and weeping.

Lamentations 2:2

The LORD had no mercy! He destroyed the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down every walled city in Judah; he toppled the nation together with its leaders, leaving them in shame.

Isaiah 28:17

Justice and fairness will be the measuring lines that help me build.” Hailstones and floods will destroy and wash away your shelter of lies.

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will let you know what I am going to do. I will cut down the hedge and tear down the wall. My vineyard will be trampled and left in ruins.

Job 13:21

stop punishing and terrifying me!

2 Samuel 8:2

David also defeated the Moabites. Then he made their soldiers lie down on the ground, and he measured them off with a rope. He would measure off two lengths of the rope and have those men killed, then he would measure off one length and let those men live. The people of Moab had to accept David as their ruler and pay taxes to him.

Lamentations 2:18

Zion, deep in your heart you cried out to the Lord. Now let your tears overflow your walls day and night. Don't ever lose hope or let your tears stop.

Isaiah 22:5

The LORD All-Powerful had chosen a time for noisy shouts and confusion to fill Vision Valley, and for everyone to beg the mountains for help.

Jeremiah 52:13

and he burnt down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.