Lamentations 1:6

Good News Translation

The splendor of Jerusalem is a thing of the past. Her leaders are like deer that are weak from hunger, Whose strength is almost gone as they flee from the hunters.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:21

the Lord had said, “The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and makes fun of you.

2 Kings 25:4

the city walls were broken through. Although the Babylonians were surrounding the city, all the soldiers escaped during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and fled in the direction of the Jordan Valley.

2 Kings 25:5

But the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah, captured him in the plains near Jericho, and all his soldiers deserted him.

Psalm 50:2

God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.

Psalm 96:9

Bow down before the Holy One when he appears; tremble before him, all the earth!

Isaiah 1:21

The city that once was faithful is behaving like a whore! At one time it was filled with righteous people, but now only murderers remain.

Isaiah 12:6

Let everyone who lives in Zion shout and sing! Israel's holy God is great, and he lives among his people.”

Isaiah 4:5

Then over Mount Zion and over all who are gathered there, the Lord will send a cloud in the daytime and smoke and a bright flame at night. God's glory will cover and protect the whole city.

Jeremiah 13:18

The Lord said to me, “Tell the king and his mother to come down from their thrones, because their beautiful crowns have fallen from their heads.

Jeremiah 29:4

“The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those people whom he allowed Nebuchadnezzar to take away as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylonia:

Jeremiah 47:3

They will hear the hoofbeats of horses, the clatter of chariots, the rumble of wheels. Parents will not turn back for their children; their hands will hang limp at their sides.

Jeremiah 48:41

and the towns and fortresses will be captured. On that day Moab's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 52:11

After that, he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him placed in chains and taken to Babylon. Zedekiah remained in prison in Babylon until the day he died.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;

Ezekiel 24:21

to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the Lord is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war.

Ezekiel 24:25

The Lord said, “Now, mortal man, I will take away from them the strong Temple that was their pride and joy, which they liked to look at and to visit. And I will take away their sons and daughters.

Deuteronomy 28:25

“The Lord will give your enemies victory over you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run from them in all directions, and all the people on earth will be terrified when they see what happens to you.

Deuteronomy 32:30

Why were a thousand defeated by one, and ten thousand by only two? The Lord, their God, had abandoned them; their mighty God had given them up.