Lamentations 2:9

God's Word

“⌞Zion’s⌟ gates have sunk into the ground. ⌞The Lord⌟ destroyed and shattered the bars across its ⌞gates⌟. Its king and influential people are ⌞scattered⌟ among the nations. There is no longer any instruction ⌞from Moses’ Teachings⌟. Its prophets can find no visions from the Lord.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons as he watched, and then they blinded Zedekiah. They put him in bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest who taught ⌞correctly⌟, and without Moses’ Teachings.

Nehemiah 1:3

They told me, “Those who survived captivity are in the province. They are enduring serious troubles and being insulted. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”

Psalm 74:9

We no longer see miraculous signs. There are no prophets anymore. No one knows how long this will last.

Isaiah 24:12

The city is left in ruins. Its gate is battered to pieces.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord told me, “These are the lies that the prophets are telling in my name: They claim that I sent them, commanded them, and spoke to them. They dreamed up the visions they tell you. Their predictions are worthless. They are the products of their own imagination.

Jeremiah 23:16

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Don’t listen to what the prophets are saying to you. They fill you with false hope. They speak about visions that they dreamed up. These visions are not from the Lord.

Jeremiah 39:2

On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year as king, they broke into the city.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the people’s homes, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.

Jeremiah 52:14

The entire Babylonian army that was with the captain of the guard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.

Lamentations 1:3

“Judah has been exiled after ⌞much⌟ suffering and harsh treatment. Its ⌞people⌟ live among the nations; they find no rest. Those who chased them caught up with them in places where there was no way out.

Lamentations 4:15

‘Get away! You’re unclean,’  people yelled at them. ‘Get away! Get away! Don’t touch anyone.’ When they fled and wandered around, the people of the nations said, ‘They can’t stay here any longer.’

Lamentations 4:20

The person the Lord anointed ⌞as king⌟, who is the breath of our life, was caught in their pits. We had thought that we would live in our king’s shadow among the nations.”

Ezekiel 12:13

I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my net. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians, but he will not see it. And that’s where he’ll die.

Ezekiel 17:20

I will spread my net over you to catch you in my trap. I will take you to Babylon and judge you there for rebelling against me.

Ezekiel 7:26

One disaster will happen after another. One rumor will follow another. People will ask for a vision from a prophet. The teachings of priests and the advice of leaders will disappear.

Hosea 11:6

War will sweep through their cities, demolish their city gates, and put an end to their plans.

Hosea 3:4

In the same way, the Israelites will wait a long time without kings or officials, without sacrifices or sacred stones, and without ephods  or family idols.

Amos 1:5

I will break the bars ⌞on the gates⌟ of Damascus. I will cut off those living in Aven Valley and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into captivity at Kir. The Lord has said this.

Deuteronomy 28:36

The Lord will lead you and the king you choose to a nation that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship gods made of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 28:63

At one time the Lord was more than glad to make you prosperous and numerous. Now the Lord will be more than glad to destroy you and wipe you out. You will be torn out of the land you’re about to enter and take possession of.

1 Samuel 28:6

He prayed to the Lord, but the Lord didn’t answer him through dreams, the Urim, or prophets.