Lamentations 2:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground; he has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates. Her king and her leaders live among the nations, instruction  is no more, and even her prophets receive no vision from the  Lord.

Cross References

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster after disaster will come, and there will be rumour after rumour. Then they will look for a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from the priests and counsel from the elders.

Hosea 3:4

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince,  without sacrifice  or sacred pillar,  and without ephod  or household idols.

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, ‘The remnant in the province,  who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.’

2 Chronicles 15:3

For many years Israel has been without the true God,  without a teaching priest, and without instruction,

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, her gate bars are shattered.

Deuteronomy 28:36

‘The Lord will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone.

Ezekiel 17:20

I will spread my net over him,  and he will be caught in my snare.  I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgement on him there for the treachery he committed against me.

Ezekiel 12:13

But I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he will not see it,  and he will die there.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,  , was captured in their traps. We had said about him, ‘We will live under his protection among the nations.’

Lamentations 4:15

‘Stay away! Unclean! ’ people shouted at them. ‘Away, away! Don’t touch us! ’ So they wandered aimlessly. It was said among the nations, ‘They can stay here no longer.’

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into exile following  affliction and harsh slavery; she lives among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places.

Jeremiah 52:14

The whole Chaldean army with the captain of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 39:2

In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was breached.

Jeremiah 14:14

But the Lord said to me, ‘These prophets are prophesying a lie in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit  of their own minds.

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 23:16

This is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are deluding you. They speak visions from their own minds,  not from the Lord’s mouth.

Hosea 11:6

A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,  , because of their schemes.

Amos 1:5

I will break down the gates  , of Damascus. I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven, and the one who wields the sceptre from Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir. The Lord has spoken.

Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so he will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be ripped out of the land you are entering to possess.

1 Samuel 28:6

He enquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.

Isaiah 24:12

Only desolation remains in the city; its gate has collapsed in ruins.