Lamentations 1:2

Easy To Read Version

She cries bitterly in the night.\par Her tears are on her cheeks.\par She has no one to comfort her.\par Many nations were friendly to her.\par But none of them comforts her now.\par All of her friends turned their backs on her.\par Her friends became her enemies.\par

Cross References

Job 6:15

But you, my brothers, have not been loyal.\par I can’t depend on you.\par You are like streams that flow sometimes\par and don’t flow at other times.\par You are like streams that overflow\par

Job 7:3

Month after frustrating month\par has gone by.\par I have had night after night of suffering.\par

Psalm 126:5

A person might be sad\par when he plants the seeds,\par but he will be happy\par when he gathers the crops!\par

Psalm 31:11

My enemies hate me.\par And all my neighbors hate me, too.\par All my relatives see me in the street.\par They are afraid of me and avoid me.\par

Psalm 6:6

Lord, all night I prayed to you.\par My bed is wet from my tears.\par Tears are dripping from my bed.\par I am weak from crying to you.\par

Psalm 69:21

They gave me poison, not food.\par They gave me vinegar, not wine.\par

Proverbs 19:7

If a person is poor, then even his family is against him. And all of his friends turn away from him. That poor person can beg them for help. But they will not go near him.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you people of Judah don’t listen to the Lord,\par I will hide and cry.\par Your pride will cause me to cry.\par I will cry very hard.\par My eyes will overflow with tears.\par Why? Because the Lord’s flock {\cf2\super [111]} \par will be captured.\par

Jeremiah 2:25

Judah, stop chasing after idols!\par Stop being thirsty for those other gods.\par But you say, ‘It is no use! I can’t quit!\par I love those other gods.\par I want to worship them.’\par

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife,\par and she leaves him\par and marries another man,\par can that man come back to his wife again?\par No! If that man went back to that woman, {\cf2\super [14]} \par then that land would become ‘dirty.’\par Judah, you acted like a prostitute\par with many lovers (false gods).\par And now you want to come back to me!”\par This message was from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 30:14

You became friends with many nations.\par But those nations don’t care about you.\par Your ‘friends’ have forgotten you.\par I hurt you like an enemy.\par I punished you very hard.\par I did this because of your great guilt.\par I did this because of your many sins.\par

Jeremiah 4:30

Judah, you have been destroyed.\par So what are you doing now?\par Why are you putting on your best red dress?\par Why are you putting on your gold jewelry?\par Why are you putting on your eye makeup?\par You make yourself beautiful,\par but it is a waste of time.\par Your lovers hate you.\par They are trying to kill you.\par

Jeremiah 9:1

If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par

Lamentations 1:19

I called out to my lovers.\par But they tricked me.\par My priests and my elders\par have died in the city.\par They were looking for food for themselves.\par They wanted to keep themselves alive.\par

Lamentations 1:21

“Listen to me, because I am groaning!\par I have no person to comfort me.\par All my enemies have heard of my trouble.\par They are happy.\par They are happy that you did this to me.\par You said there would be a time of punishment.\par You said you would punish my enemies.\par Now do what you said.\par Let my enemies be like I am now.\par

Lamentations 1:9

Jerusalem’s skirts became dirty.\par She didn’t think about the things\par that would happen to her.\par Her fall was amazing.\par She had no person to comfort her.\par She says,\par “Lord, see how I am hurt!\par See how my enemy thinks he is so great!”\par

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with tears!\par My insides are upset!\par My heart feels like it has been poured\par on the ground!\par I feel this way because of the destruction\par of my people.\par Children and babies are fainting.\par They are fainting in the public squares\par of the city.\par

Ezekiel 16:37

So I am bringing all of your lovers together. I will bring all the men you loved and all the men you hated. I will bring them all together and let them see you naked. {\cf2\super [129]} They will see you completely naked.

Hosea 2:7

She will run after her lovers, but she will not be able to catch up with them. She will look for her lovers, but she will not be able to find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband (God). Life was better for me when I was with him. Life was better then than it is now.’

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust your neighbor!\par Don’t trust a friend!\par Don’t even speak freely with your wife!\par

Revelation 17:13

All ten of these rulers have the same purpose. And they will give their power and authority to the animal.

Revelation 17:16

The animal and the ten horns (ten rulers) you saw will hate the prostitute. They will take everything she has and leave her naked. They will eat her body and burn her with fire.