Lamentations 2:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Look how the Lord has covered daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger. He has thrown her, the glory of Israel, from the sky to the ground. In his anger he showed no care even for the Temple where he rests his feet.

Cross References

Psalm 132:7

Now, let’s go to the Lord’s house. Let’s worship at his throne.

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. In my heart I wanted to build a place to keep the Box of the Lord’s Agreement. I wanted to build a place that would be God’s footstool. And I made the plans for building that house for God.

Luke 10:18

Jesus said to them, “I saw Satan falling like lightning from the sky.

Matthew 11:23

“And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will be thrown down to the place of death. I did many miracles in you. If these same miracles had happened in Sodom, the people there would have stopped sinning, and it would still be a city today.

Joel 2:2

It will be a dark, gloomy day. It will be a dark and cloudy day. At sunrise you will see the army spread over the mountains. It will be a great and powerful army. There has never been anything like it before, and there will never be anything like it again.

Ezekiel 30:18

It will be a dark day in Tahpanhes when I break Egypt’s control. Her proud power will be finished! A cloud will cover Egypt, and her daughters will be taken away as prisoners.

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God, and bow down before his footstool, for he is holy.

Luke 10:15

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the place of death!

Ezekiel 24:21

to speak to the family of Israel. The Lord GOD said, ‘Look, I will destroy my holy place. You are proud of that place and sing songs of praise about it. You love to see it. You really love that place. But I will destroy it, and your children that you left behind will be killed in battle.

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has grown dark, how the pure gold has changed. There are jewels scattered all around at every street corner.

Lamentations 1:1

Jerusalem once was a city full of people, but now the city is so empty. She was one of the greatest cities in the world, but now she is like a poor widow. She was once a princess among cities, but now she has been made a slave.

Isaiah 64:11

Our ancestors worshiped you in our holy Temple. That wonderful Temple has now been burned. All our precious possessions have been destroyed.

2 Samuel 1:19

“Israel, your beauty was ruined on your hills. Oh, how those heroes fell!

1 Samuel 4:21

She named the baby Ichabod, that is to say, “Israel’s glory has been taken away.” She did this because God’s Holy Box was taken away and because both her father-in-law and her husband were dead.

Lamentations 2:17

The Lord did what he planned to do. He did what he said he would do. He did what he commanded a long time ago. He destroyed, and he had no pity. He made your enemies happy because of what happened to you. He made your enemies strong.

Ezekiel 19:12

But the vine was pulled up by the roots, and thrown down to the ground. The hot east wind blew and dried its fruit. The strong branches broke, and they were thrown into the fire.

1 Samuel 4:22

She said, “Israel’s glory has been taken away” because the Philistines had taken God’s Holy Box.

Psalm 89:45

You cut his life short. You shamed him. Selah

Jeremiah 30:14

You became friends with many nations, but those nations don’t care about you. Your ‘friends’ have forgotten you. I hurt you like an enemy. I punished you very hard. I did this because of your great guilt. I did this because of your many sins.

Lamentations 1:12

All you who pass by on the road, you don’t seem to care. But look at me and see. Is there any pain like my pain? Is there any pain like the pain that has come to me? Is there any pain like the pain that the Lord has punished me with? He has punished me on the day of his great anger.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord used all of his anger. He poured out all his anger. He made a fire in Zion that burned it down to the foundations.

Ezekiel 13:13

The Lord GOD says, “I am angry and I will send a storm against you. I am angry and I will send a strong rain. I am angry and I will make hail fall from the sky and completely destroy you!