Lamentations 2:17

God's Word

The Lord has accomplished what he had planned to do. He carried out the threat he announced long ago. He tore you down without any pity, ⌞Jerusalem⌟. He made your enemies gloat over you. He raised the weapons of your opponents.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut Israel out of the land I gave them. I will reject this temple that I declared holy for my name. Israel will be an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.

Psalm 35:24

Judge me by your righteousness, O Lord my God. Do not let them gloat over me

Psalm 35:26

Let those who gloat over my downfall be thoroughly put to shame and confused. Let those who promote themselves at my expense be clothed with shame and disgrace.

Psalm 38:16

I said, “Do not let them gloat over me. When my foot slips, do not let them promote themselves at my expense.”

Psalm 89:42

You held the right hand of his enemies high and made all of his adversaries rejoice.

Psalm 89:43

You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle.

Isaiah 14:29

All you Philistines, don’t rejoice that the rod of the one who struck you is broken, because a viper will come from that snake’s root, and his descendant will be a flying, fiery serpent.

Jeremiah 18:11

“Now say to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I’m going to prepare a disaster and make plans against you. Turn from your evil ways, change your lives, and do good.’

Jeremiah 4:28

The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black. I have spoken, and I have planned it. I won’t change my plans, and I won’t turn back.

Jeremiah 40:3

He has carried out his threat. The Lord did as he promised because you Israelites have sinned against him and refused to obey him. That is why this has happened to you.

Lamentations 1:5

Its opponents are now in control. Its enemies have no worries. The Lord made Zion suffer for its many rebellious acts. Its children go ahead of their opponents into captivity.

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord planned to destroy the wall of Zion’s people. He marked it off with a line. He didn’t take his hand away until he had swallowed it up. He made the towers and walls mourn. They are completely dejected.

Lamentations 3:43

You covered yourself with anger and pursued us. You killed without pity.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord’s fury has accomplished his purpose. He unleashed his burning anger. He started a fire in Zion that even burned its foundations.

Ezekiel 5:11

“As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, because you have dishonored my holy worship place with all your disgusting and detestable things, I will have you killed. I will not have compassion for you or feel sorry for you.

Ezekiel 8:18

So I will take action because I’m angry, and I won’t have compassion for them or feel sorry for them. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”

Ezekiel 9:10

But I will not have compassion or feel sorry. I will do to them what they have done to others.”

Daniel 9:12

So you did what you said you would do to us and our rulers by bringing a great disaster on us. Nowhere in the world has anything ever happened like what has happened to Jerusalem.

Micah 2:3

So this is what the Lord says: I’m planning a disaster to punish your family. You won’t be able to rescue yourselves. You will no longer be able to walk proudly. This will be a time of disaster.

Zephaniah 1:2

“I will gather everything on the face of the earth and put an end to it,” declares the Lord.

Zechariah 1:6

Didn’t my warnings and my laws, which I’ve commanded my servants the prophets ⌞to preach⌟, finally catch up with your ancestors? Then your ancestors turned away from their sins and said, ‘The Lord of Armies has done to us what he had planned to do. He has dealt with us as our ways and deeds deserve.’ ”