Lamentations 2:7

Good News Translation

The Lord rejected his altar and deserted his holy Temple; He allowed the enemy to tear down its walls. They shouted in victory where once we had worshiped in joy.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

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

2 Chronicles 36:19

He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.

Psalm 89:39

You have broken your covenant with your servant and thrown his crown in the dirt.

Isaiah 64:9

so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us forever. We are your people; be merciful to us.

Jeremiah 21:4

to tell Zedekiah that the Lord, the God of Israel, had said, “Zedekiah, I am going to defeat your army that is fighting against the king of Babylonia and his army. I will pile up your soldiers' weapons in the center of the city.

Jeremiah 26:18

“When Hezekiah was king of Judah, the prophet Micah of Moresheth told all the people that the Lord Almighty had said, ‘Zion will be plowed like a field; Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.’

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 32:29

and set it on fire. They will burn it down, together with the houses where people have made me angry by burning incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out wine offerings to other gods.

Jeremiah 39:8

Meanwhile, the Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:26

The fertile land had become a desert; its cities were in ruins because of the Lord's fierce anger. (

Jeremiah 4:27

The Lord has said that the whole earth will become a wasteland, but that he will not completely destroy it.)

Jeremiah 50:28

Refugees escape from Babylonia and come to Jerusalem, and they tell how the Lord our God took revenge for what the Babylonians had done to his Temple.)

Jeremiah 52:13

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

Lamentations 1:4

No one comes to the Temple now to worship on the holy days. The young women who sang there suffer, and the priests can only groan. The city gates stand empty, and Zion is in agony.

Lamentations 2:1

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.

Lamentations 2:5

Like an enemy, the Lord has destroyed Israel; He has left her forts and palaces in ruins. He has brought on the people of Judah unending sorrow.

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 7:24

I will bring the most evil nations here and let them have your homes. Your strongest men will lose their confidence when I let the nations profane the places where you worship.

Leviticus 26:31

I will turn your cities into ruins, destroy your places of worship, and refuse to accept your sacrifices.

Leviticus 26:44

But even then, when they are still in the land of their enemies, I will not completely abandon them or destroy them. That would put an end to my covenant with them, and I am the Lord their God.

Amos 2:5

So I will send fire upon Judah and burn down the fortresses of Jerusalem.”

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.

Matthew 24:2

“Yes,” he said, “you may well look at all these. I tell you this: not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down.”