Lamentations 1:1

Modern English Version

How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How she has become like a widow, who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!

Cross References

1 Kings 4:21

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

2 Kings 23:33

Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed tribute on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Kings 23:35

Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to Pharaoh’s demand. According to an assessed amount, he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land to give to Pharaoh Necho.

2 Chronicles 9:26

He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.

Ezra 4:20

There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, and toll, tribute, and custom was paid to them.

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute against the value of our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 9:37

because its abundant produce belongs to the kings whom You have set over us due to our sins. They have control over our bodies and over our livestock, as they please. We are in great distress.”

Psalm 122:4

to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 14:12

How are you fallen from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weaken the nations!

Isaiah 22:2

you who were full of noise, a tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain are not slain with the sword, nor did they die in battle.

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates shall lament and mourn, and she, being desolate, shall sit on the ground.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you shall say in your heart, “Who bore these for me, since I have lost my children and am barren, a captive and a wanderer? And who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone; from where have these come?”

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn back.

Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself from the dust; arise, O captive Jerusalem. Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings good news of happiness, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Isaiah 54:4

Do not fear, for you shall not be ashamed, nor be humiliated; for you shall not be put to shame, for you shall forget the shame of your youth and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.

Jeremiah 31:7

For thus says the Lord: Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations; proclaim, praise, and say, “O  Lord, save Your people, the remnant of Israel.”

Jeremiah 40:9

Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few out of many, as your eyes now see us.

Jeremiah 44:2

Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the calamity that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them,

Jeremiah 44:6

Therefore My fury and My anger was poured out and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are ruined and desolate, as it is this day.

Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut asunder and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

Jeremiah 9:11

I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Lamentations 1:19

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and my elders perished in the city, while they sought food to restore their strength.

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel; He has not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they throw dust on their heads and gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has become dim! How the most fine gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary lie scattered at the head of every street.

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the officials of the sea shall come down from their thrones and lay away their robes and take off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling. They shall sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be astonished at you.

Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, “Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken. It has opened to me. I shall be filled now that she is laid waste,”

Ezekiel 5:5

“Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem. I have set it in the midst of the nations, with countries that are all around her.

Leviticus 26:31

I will make your cities a waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the aroma of your fragrant offerings.

Leviticus 26:33

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

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake his fist.

Revelation 18:7

To the extent that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her torment and sorrow; for in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and will see no sorrow.’