Lamentations 1:4

God's Word

“The roads to Zion are deserted. No one comes to the annual festivals. No one passes through any of its gates. Its priests are groaning. Its young women are made to suffer. Zion is bitter.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

The gates of Zion will cry and grieve, and Zion will sit on the ground, exhausted.

Jeremiah 10:22

The report has arrived. A tremendous uproar is coming from the land of the north. Its army will destroy Judah’s cities and make them homes for jackals.

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah mourns; its gates fall apart. The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground. Their cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:11

I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, a home for jackals. I will destroy the cities of Judah so that no one can live there.

Lamentations 1:21

“All my enemies have heard that I am groaning. No one offers me comfort. All my enemies have heard about my disaster. They are happy that you did it. You have allowed the day to come, the one that you had announced. Let my enemies be like me now.

Lamentations 5:13

⌞Our⌟ young men work at the mill, and ⌞our⌟ boys stagger under loads of wood.

Lamentations 5:14

⌞Our⌟ older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, and ⌞our⌟ young men no longer play their music.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all the times she burned incense as an offering to other gods—the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry, and she chased after her lovers. She forgot me,” declares the Lord.

Leviticus 26:22

I will send wild animals among you. They will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and make you so few that your roads will be deserted.

Micah 3:12

Because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble, and the temple mountain will become a worship site covered with trees.