Lamentations 1:1

Modern King James Version

How alone sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow, once great among the nations, a noblewoman among the nations, but now has become a tribute-payer.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:21

And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the 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 put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem. And he put the land to a tax of 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 according to Pharaoh's command. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from each one according to his worth, to give it to Pharaoh-necho.

2 Chronicles 9:26

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

Ezra 4:20

There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all Beyond the River. And toll, taxes, and custom was paid to them.

Nehemiah 5:4

And some said, We have borrowed money on our lands and vineyards for the king's tax.

Nehemiah 9:37

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

Psalm 122:4

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

Isaiah 14:12

How you are fallen from the heavens, O shining star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!

Isaiah 22:2

Crashings fill the noisy city, the joyous city. Your slain ones are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

Isaiah 3:26

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

Isaiah 49:21

Then you shall say in your heart, Who has borne me these, since I am bereaved, and desolate, turned aside and an exile, and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord Jehovah has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away backwards.

Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself from the dust; rise up! Sit, Jerusalem! Free yourself from your neckbands, O captive daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, making peace heard; who brings good news, making salvation heard; who says to Zion, Your God reigns!

Isaiah 54:4

Do not fear; for you shall not be ashamed, nor shall you blush; 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 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 cry be pleasing to you, and pray for us to Jehovah your God, even for all this remnant, (for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes behold 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, today they are a ruin, and no one lives there

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 wasted, deserted as at this day.

Jeremiah 50:23

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

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem ruins, a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without a living soul.

Lamentations 1:19

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and my elders expired in the city while they sought food for them to bring back their life.

Lamentations 2:1

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

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and are silent; they send up dust on their heads; they gird on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has become dim; the fine gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

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 away their robes, and put off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground and tremble at every moment, and be amazed 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 it in the middle of the nations, and all around her are the lands.

Leviticus 26:31

And I will make your cities waste and cause your sanctuaries to be deserted. And I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

Leviticus 26:33

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

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the rejoicing city, dwelling confidently, who says in her heart, I am, and no other still is. How she has become a ruin, a resting-place for animals! Everyone who passes by her shall hiss; he shall wag his hand.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.