Lamentations 2:16

Good News Translation

All your enemies mock you and glare at you with hate. They curl their lips and sneer, “We have destroyed it! This is the day we have waited for!”

Cross References

Psalm 109:2

Wicked people and liars have attacked me. They tell lies about me,

Psalm 112:10

The wicked see this and are angry; they glare in hate and disappear; their hopes are gone forever.

Psalm 124:3

then they would have swallowed us alive in their furious anger against us;

Psalm 22:13

They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at me.

Psalm 35:16

Like those who would mock a cripple, they glared at me with hate.

Psalm 35:21

They accuse me, shouting, “We saw what you did!”

Psalm 35:25

Don't let them say to themselves, “We are rid of him! That's just what we wanted!”

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plot against good people and glare at them with hate.

Psalm 41:8

They say, “He is fatally ill; he will never leave his bed again.”

Psalm 56:2

All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.

Psalm 57:3

He will answer from heaven and save me; he will defeat my oppressors. God will show me his constant love and faithfulness.

Isaiah 49:19

“Your country was ruined and desolate— but now it will be too small for those who are coming to live there. And those who left you in ruins will be far removed from you.

Jeremiah 26:6

If you continue to disobey, then I will do to this Temple what I did to Shiloh, and all the nations of the world will use the name of this city as a curse.”

Jeremiah 29:18

I will pursue them with war, starvation, and disease, and all the nations of the world will be horrified at what they see. Everywhere I scatter them, people will be shocked and terrified at what has happened to them. People will make fun of them and use their name as a curse.

Jeremiah 50:17

The Lord says, “The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.

Jeremiah 50:7

They are attacked by all who find them. Their enemies say, ‘They sinned against the Lord, and so what we have done is not wrong. Their ancestors trusted in the Lord, and they themselves should have remained faithful to him.’

Jeremiah 51:34

The king of Babylonia cut Jerusalem up and ate it. He emptied the city like a jar; like a monster he swallowed it. He took what he wanted and threw the rest away.

Lamentations 1:21

“Listen to my groans; there is no one to comfort me. My enemies are glad that you brought disaster on me. Bring the day you promised; make my enemies suffer as I do.

Lamentations 3:46

“We are insulted and mocked by all our enemies.

Ezekiel 23:32

The Sovereign Lord says, “You will drink from your sister's cup; it is large and deep. Everyone will scorn and mock you; the cup is full.

Ezekiel 25:15

The Sovereign Lord said, “The Philistines have taken cruel revenge on their agelong enemies and destroyed them in their hate.

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.

Ezekiel 36:3

“Prophesy, then, and announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. When the neighboring nations captured and plundered the mountains of Israel, everyone made fun of Israel.

Ezekiel 5:15

“When I am angry and furious with you and punish you, all the nations around you will be terrified. They will look at you with disgust and make fun of you.

Hosea 8:8

Israel has become like any other nation and is as useless as a broken pot.

Micah 4:11

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

Acts 7:54

As the members of the Council listened to Stephen, they became furious and ground their teeth at him in anger.