Lamentations 5:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Our land has been turned over to strangers. Our houses have been given to foreigners.

Cross References

Zephaniah 1:13

Then others will take their wealth and destroy their houses. Those who built houses will not live in them, and those who planted vineyards will not drink the wine from the grapes.”

Isaiah 1:7

Your land is in ruins, and your cities are in flames. Your enemies have taken your land, and foreigners are taking what it produces. It looks like some foreigners destroyed it.

Ezekiel 7:24

I will bring evil people from other nations, and they will get all the houses of the people of Israel. I will stop all you powerful people from being so proud. Those people from other nations will get all your places of worship.

Ezekiel 7:21

I will let strangers take them. Those strangers will make fun of them. They will kill some of the people and take others away as prisoners.

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses will be given to others. Their fields and their wives will be given to other people. I will raise my hand and punish the people of Judah.” This message is from the Lord.

Isaiah 63:18

Your holy people had their land only a short time. Then our enemies trampled down your holy Temple.

Isaiah 5:17

Then sheep will be able to go wherever they want and graze on the land that rich people once owned.

Psalm 109:11

Let the people he owes take everything he owns. Let strangers get everything he worked for.

Jeremiah 17:4

You will lose the land I gave you. I will let your enemies take you to be their slaves. That is because I am very angry. My anger is like a hot fire, and you will be burned forever.”

Hosea 8:7

The Israelites did a foolish thing—it was like trying to plant the wind. But they will get only troubles—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow, but it will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.

Hosea 8:8

“Israel was destroyed; its people are scattered among the nations, like some dish that was thrown away because no one wanted it.