Lamentations 2:1

Good News Translation

The Lord in his anger has covered Zion with darkness. Its heavenly splendor he has turned into ruins. On the day of his anger he abandoned even his Temple.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:19

“On the hills of Israel our leaders are dead! The bravest of our soldiers have fallen!

1 Chronicles 28:2

David stood before them and addressed them: “My friends, listen to me. I wanted to build a permanent home for the Covenant Box, the footstool of the Lord our God. I have made preparations for building a temple to honor him,

Psalm 132:7

We said, “Let us go to the Lord's house; let us worship before his throne.”

Psalm 89:45

You have made him old before his time and covered him with disgrace.

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God; worship before his throne! Holy is he!

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 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer care about you. I have attacked you like an enemy; your punishment has been harsh because your sins are many and your wickedness is great.

Lamentations 1:1

How lonely lies Jerusalem, once so full of people! Once honored by the world, she is now like a widow; The noblest of cities has fallen into slavery.

Lamentations 1:12

“Look at me!” she cries to everyone who passes by. “No one has ever had pain like mine, Pain that the Lord brought on me in the time of his anger.

Lamentations 2:17

The Lord has finally done what he threatened to do: He has destroyed us without mercy, as he warned us long ago. He gave our enemies victory, gave them joy at our downfall.

Lamentations 4:1

Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord turned loose the full force of his fury; he lit a fire in Zion that burned it to the ground.

Ezekiel 13:13

Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “In my anger I will send a strong wind, pouring rain, and hailstones to destroy the wall.

Ezekiel 19:12

But angry hands pulled it up by the roots and threw it to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit. Its branches were broken off; they dried up and were burned.

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 30:18

Darkness will fall on Tahpanhes when I break the power of Egypt and put an end to the strength they were so proud of. A cloud will cover Egypt, and the people of all her cities will be taken prisoner.

Joel 2:2

It will be a dark and gloomy day, a black and cloudy day. The great army of locusts advances like darkness spreading over the mountains. There has never been anything like it, and there never will be again.

Matthew 11:23

And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would still be in existence today!

Luke 10:15

And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell!”

Luke 10:18

Jesus answered them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

1 Samuel 4:21

She named the boy Ichabod, explaining, “God's glory has left Israel”—referring to the capture of the Covenant Box and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.

1 Samuel 4:22

“God's glory has left Israel,” she said, “because God's Covenant Box has been captured.”