Lamentations 2:1

Easy To Read Version

Look how the Lord has set\par the Daughter of Zion {\cf2\super [8]} under a cloud.\par He has thrown the glory of Israel\par from the sky to the ground.\par The Lord didn’t keep in mind that Israel was his footstool,\par on the day of his anger.\par

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:19

“Israel, your beauty was ruined on your hills. Oh, how those heroes fell!

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. In my heart I wanted to build a place to keep the Box of the Lord’s Agreement. {\cf2\super [299]} I wanted to build a place that would be God’s footstool. {\cf2\super [300]} And I made the plans for building that house for God.

Psalm 132:7

Let’s go to the Holy Tent.\par Let’s worship at the stool\par where God rests his feet. {\cf2\super [619]} \par

Psalm 89:45

You cut his life short.\par You shamed him.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [513]})\i0 \par

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God,\par and worship his holy footstool. {\cf2\super [534]} \par

Isaiah 64:11

Our ancestors worshiped you in\par our holy temple.\par Our temple was so wonderful,\par but now it has been burned in the fire!\par All our precious possessions\par have been destroyed.\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

Lamentations 1:1

Jerusalem once was a city full of people.\par But now the city is so deserted!\par Jerusalem was one of the greatest cities\par in the world.\par But now she {\cf2\super [1]} has become like a widow.\par She was once a princess among cities.\par But now she has been made a slave.\par

Lamentations 1:12

All you people that pass by on the road,\par you don’t seem to care.\par But look at me and see.\par Is there any pain like my pain?\par Is there any pain like the pain\par that has come to me?\par Is there any pain like the pain\par that the Lord has punished me with?\par He has punished me on the day\par of his great anger.\par

Lamentations 2:17

The Lord did what he planned to do.\par He has done what he said he would do.\par He has done what he commanded\par from times of long ago.\par He destroyed, and he had no pity.\par He made your enemies happy\par because of what happened to you.\par He made your enemies strong.\par

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has grown dark.\par See how the good gold is changed.\par There are jewels {\cf2\super [25]} scattered all around.\par They are scattered at every street corner.\par

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord used all of his anger.\par He poured out all his anger.\par He made a fire in Zion. {\cf2\super [31]} \par That fire burned down Zion\par to its foundations.\par

Ezekiel 13:13

The Lord my Master says, “I am angry and I will send a storm against you. I am angry and I will send a strong rain. I am angry and I will make hail fall from the sky and completely destroy you!

Ezekiel 19:12

But the vine was pulled up by the roots,\par and thrown down to the ground.\par The hot east wind blew and dried its fruit.\par The strong branches broke.\par And they were thrown into the fire.\par

Ezekiel 24:21

to speak to the family of Israel. The Lord my Master said, ‘Look, I will destroy my holy place. You are proud of that place and sing songs of praise about it. You love to see that place. You really love that place. \{But I will destroy that place\} and your children that you left behind will be killed in battle.

Ezekiel 30:18

It will be a dark day in Tahpanhes\par when I break Egypt’s control. {\cf2\super [250]} \par Egypt’s proud power will be finished!\par A cloud will cover Egypt,\par and her daughters will be captured\par and taken away.\par

Joel 2:2

It will be a dark, gloomy day.\par It will be a dark and cloudy day.\par At sunrise, you will see the army\par spread over the mountains.\par It will be a great and powerful army.\par There has never been anything\par like it before.\par And there will never be anything\par like it again.\par

Matthew 11:23

And you, Capernaum, {\cf2\super [149]} will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Sodom, {\cf2\super [150]} \{the people of\} Sodom \{would have stopped sinning and it\} would still be a city today.

Luke 10:15

And you, Capernaum, {\cf2\super [186]} will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death!

Luke 10:18

Jesus said to the men, “I saw Satan (the devil) falling like lightning from the sky.

1 Samuel 4:21

And the Lord continued to appear to Samuel at Shiloh. The Lord revealed himself to Samuel as the word of the Lord. [39]

1 Samuel 4:22

She said, “Israel’s glory has been taken away” because the Philistines had taken God’s Holy Box.