Lamentations 1:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

How  she sits alone, the city  once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labour.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

Then her gates  will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground.

Ezra 4:20

Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the River Euphrates, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.  They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Isaiah 54:4

‘Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the jubilant   city that lives in security, that says to herself: I exist, and there is no one else. What a desolation she has become, a place for wild animals to lie down! Everyone who passes by her scoffs  and shakes his fist.

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.

Isaiah 22:2

The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with celebration. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle.

2 Kings 23:35

So Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but at Pharaoh’s command he taxed the land to give it. He exacted the silver and the gold from the common people, each according to his assessment,  to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways, give her that much torment and grief. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.’

Ezekiel 26:16

All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones,  remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalled  at you.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple  lie scattered at the head of every street.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.

Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and smashed! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Jeremiah 40:9

Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, ‘Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you.

Jeremiah 9:11

I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, an uninhabited place.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns! ’

Isaiah 52:2

Stand up, shake the dust off yourself! Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds  from your neck, captive Daughter Zion.’

Isaiah 14:12

Shining morning star,  , how you have fallen from the heavens! You destroyer of nations, you have been cut down to the ground.

Nehemiah 9:37

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have set over us, because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others were saying, ‘We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax  on our fields and vineyards.

2 Kings 23:33

Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah  in the land of Hamath  to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of 3.5 tonnes  of silver and 35 kilograms  of gold.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn back.

2 Chronicles 9:26

He ruled over all the kings from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say within yourself, “Who fathered these for me? I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive, exiled and wandering – but who brought them up? See, I was left by myself – but these, where did they come from? ” ’

Jeremiah 31:7

For this is what the Lord says: Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Proclaim, praise, and say, ‘Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel! ’

Jeremiah 42:2

the prophet Jeremiah and said, ‘May our petition come before you;  pray to the Lord your God on our behalf,  on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many,  as you can see with your own eyes),

Ezekiel 5:5

‘This is what the Lord God says: I have set this Jerusalem in the centre of the nations, with countries all around her.

Leviticus 26:31

I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

Leviticus 26:33

But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.

Jeremiah 44:2

‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities. Look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them

Jeremiah 44:6

So my fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets  so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.

Lamentations 1:19

I called to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while searching for food to keep themselves alive.

Ezekiel 26:2

‘Son of man, because Tyre  said about Jerusalem, “Aha!  The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me.  I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,”