Lamentations 1:1

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

How alone sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow, one great among the nations; a noblewoman among the provinces has become a payer of tribute.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:21

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.

2 Kings 23:33

And Pharaoh-necho bound him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he put a fine on the land, a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Kings 23:35

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the silver by the mouth of Pharaoh. From each man, according to his evaluation, he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-necho.

2 Chronicles 9:26

And he ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

Ezra 4:20

And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, and have ruled over all Beyond the River. And tax, tribute, and forced labor were paid to them.

Nehemiah 5:4

And ones who were saying, We have borrowed silver for the king’s tax, on our fields, and our vineyards,

Nehemiah 9:37

And it yields much increase to the kings whom You have given to be over us because of our sinning. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

Psalm 122:4

There the tribes go up, the tribes of Jehovah; to the testimony of Israel; to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

Isaiah 14:12

Oh shining star, son of the dawn, how you have fallen from the heavens; you weakening on the nations, you are cut down to the ground.

Isaiah 22:2

Crashings fill the noisy city, the joyous city. Your slain ones are not slain by the sword, and not dying in battle.

Isaiah 3:26

And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit on the ground.

Isaiah 49:21

And you shall say in your heart, Who has borne these to me, for I am bereaved and barren, turned aside and an exile; who then has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone. These, From where are they?

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord Jehovah has opened My ear and I did not rebel; I did not turn away backwards.

Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself from the dust; rise up! Sit, Jerusalem; free yourself from your neck bands, O captive daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him bearing good news, making peace heard, bearing good news, making heard salvation, saying to Zion, Your God reigns.

Isaiah 54:4

Do not fear, for you shall not be shamed, for you shall not be humiliated, for you shall not be put to shame. For you shall forget the shame of your youth, and you shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more.

Jeremiah 31:7

For so says Jehovah, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations. Cry out, give praise and say, O Jehovah, save Your people, the remnant of Israel.

Jeremiah 40:9

And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, Do not fear to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Jeremiah 42:2

And they said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our plea fall before you; and pray for us to Jehovah your God, for all this remnant, (for we are left over, but a few of many, as your eyes see us),

Jeremiah 44:2

So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah. And, behold! This day they are a ruin, and no one lives in them,

Jeremiah 44:6

And My fury and My anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. And they are for a waste and for a desolation as at this day.

Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of all the earth is cut off and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will give Jerusalem to be a heap of ruins, a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, not [one] living in it.

Lamentations 1:19

I called to ones loving me; they deceived me. My priests and my elders expired in the city, while they sought food for them to bring back their soul.

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has clouded over the daughter of Zion in His anger! He cast the beauty of Israel down from the heavens to the earth, and did not remember His footstool in the day of His wrath.

Lamentations 2:10

They sit on the ground; the elders of Zion’s daughters are silent. They made dust go up on their heads, they gird on sackcloths. The virgins of Jerusalem let their heads go down to the ground.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold dims, the good pure gold is changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of all the outside places.

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe now to us, for we have sinned!

Ezekiel 26:16

And all the rulers of the sea shall come down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They shall be clothed with tremblings. They shall sit on the ground and shall tremble at every moment and be appalled at you.

Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha! She is shattered, the doors of the peoples; she has turned to me, I shall be filled, she is laid waste.

Ezekiel 5:5

So says the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the midst of the nations, and round about her are the lands.

Leviticus 26:31

And I shall give your cities to be a waste, and I shall make your sanctuaries desolate; and I shall not smell your soothing fragrances.

Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among nations, and shall draw out the sword after you, and your land shall become a waste, and your cities shall be a desolation.

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the joyful city, dwelling confidently, the one saying in her heart, I am, and none other still is. How she has become a ruin, a resting place for animals! Everyone who passes near her shall hiss; he shall shake his hand!

Revelation 18:7

By as many things as she glorified herself, and luxuriated, by so much give to her torment and mourning, because she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall not see mourning, not ever!