Lamentations 1:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! How is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary!

Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

And her gates shall lament and mourn: and she shall sit desolate on the ground.

Ezra 4:20

For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem: who hare had dominion over all the country that is beyond the river, and have received tribute, and toll, and revenues.

1 Kings 4:21

And Solomon had under him all the kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt: and they brought him presents, and served him, all the days of his life.

Isaiah 54:4

Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded nor blush. For thou shalt not be put to shame, because thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth and shalt remember no more the reproach of thy widowhood.

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the glorious city that dwelt in security: that said in her heart: I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desert, a place for beasts to lie down in? every one that passeth by her, shall hiss, and wag his hand.

Lamentations 5:16

The crown is fallen from our head. Woe to us, because we have sinned!

Isaiah 22:2

Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.

2 Kings 23:35

And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao, after he had taxed the land for every man, to contribute according to the commandment of Pharao. And he exacted both the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every man according to his ability: to give to Pharao Nechao.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she hath glorified herself, and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her; because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen, and am no widow; and sorrow I shall not see.

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and take off their robes and cast away their broidered garments and be clothed with astonishment: they shall sit on the ground and with amazement shall wonder at thy sudden fall.

Lamentations 4:1

Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed: the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street!

Lamentations 2:10

Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:1

Aleph. How hath the Lord covered with obscurity the daughter of Sion in his wrath! How hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the glorious one of Israel and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger!

Jeremiah 50:23

How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! How is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!

Jeremiah 40:9

And Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan swore to them and to their companions, saying: Fear not to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Juda desolate, for want of an inhabitant.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings and that preacheth peace, of him that sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall reign!

Isaiah 52:2

Shake thyself from the dust, arise, sit up, O Jerusalem: loose the bonds from off thy neck, O captive daughter of Sion.

Isaiah 14:12

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? How art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations?

Psalm 122:4

For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

Nehemiah 9:37

And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will; and we are in great tribulation.

Nehemiah 5:4

And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute; and let us give up our fields and vineyards.

2 Kings 23:33

And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla, which is in the land of Emath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem. And he set a fine upon the land, of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back.

2 Chronicles 9:26

And he exercised authority over all the kings from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.

Isaiah 49:21

And thou shalt say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led away and captive: and who hath brought up these? I was destitute and alone: and these, where were they?

Jeremiah 31:7

For thus saith the Lord: Rejoice ye in the joy of Jacob and neigh before the head of the Gentiles. Shout ye and sing, and say: Save, O Lord, thy people, the remnant of Israel.

Jeremiah 42:2

And they said to Jeremias the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee, and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant: for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us.

Ezekiel 5:5

Thus saith the Lord God: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries round about her.

Leviticus 26:31

Insomuch that I will bring your cities to be a wilderness: and I will make your sanctuaries desolate: and will receive no more your sweet odours.

Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the Gentiles: and I will draw out the sword after you. And your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed.

Jeremiah 44:2

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all this evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Juda. And, behold, they are desolate this day, and there is not an inhabitant in them:

Jeremiah 44:6

Wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth and was kindled in the cities of Juda and in the streets of Jerusalem: and they are turned to desolation and waste, as at this day.

Lamentations 1:19

Coph. I called for my friends, but they deceived me: my priests and my ancients pined away in the city, while they sought their food to relieve their souls.

Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, the gates of the people are broken, she is turned to me: I shall be filled, now she is laid waste.