Lamentations 1:7

Good News Translation

A lonely ruin now, Jerusalem recalls her ancient splendor. When she fell to the enemy, there was no one to help her; Her conquerors laughed at her downfall.

Cross References

Job 29:2

If only my life could once again be as it was when God watched over me.

Psalm 42:4

My heart breaks when I remember the past, when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along, a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God.

Psalm 77:3

When I think of God, I sigh; when I meditate, I feel discouraged.

Psalm 79:4

The surrounding nations insult us; they laugh at us and mock us.

Isaiah 64:10

Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin,

Isaiah 64:11

and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins.

Jeremiah 37:7

to say to Zedekiah, “The Egyptian army is on its way to help you, but it will return home.

Jeremiah 48:27

Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.

Lamentations 4:17

For help that never came, we looked until we could look no longer. We kept waiting for help from a nation that had none to give.

Ezekiel 25:3

Tell them to listen to what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: You were delighted to see my Temple profaned, to see the land of Israel devastated, to see the people of Judah go into exile.

Ezekiel 25:6

“This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: You clapped your hands and jumped for joy. You despised the land of Israel.

Hosea 2:7

She will run after her lovers but will not catch them. She will look for them but will not find them. Then she will say, “I am going back to my first husband—I was better off then than I am now.”

Micah 4:11

Many nations have gathered to attack you. They say, “Jerusalem must be destroyed! We will see this city in ruins!”

Luke 15:17

At last he came to his senses and said, ‘All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.