Lamentations 1:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Jerusalem remembers in days of wretched homelessness, All the precious things she once had in days gone by. But when her people fell into the hands of the foe, and she had no help, Her foes looked on and laughed at her collapse.

Cross References

Job 29:2

Oh, that I were as in the months past, as in the days when God watched over me:

Psalm 42:4

My tears have been my bread day and night, as they ask me every day, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 77:3

On the day of my distress I seek the Lord; by night my hands are stretched out unceasingly; I refuse to be consoled.

Psalm 79:4

We have become the reproach of our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

Isaiah 64:10

Our holy and glorious house in which our ancestors praised you Has been burned with fire; all that was dear to us is laid waste.

Isaiah 64:11

Can you hold back, Lord, after all this? Can you remain silent, and afflict us so severely?

Jeremiah 37:7

Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Thus you must say to the king of Judah who sent you to consult me: Listen! Pharaoh’s army, which has set out to help you, will return to Egypt, its own land.

Jeremiah 48:27

Has Israel not been a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves that you wag your heads whenever you speak of him?

Lamentations 4:17

Even now our eyes are worn out, searching in vain for help; From our watchtower we have watched for a nation unable to save.

Ezekiel 25:3

Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: Because you jeered at my sanctuary when it was desecrated, at the land of Israel when it was destroyed, and at the house of Judah when they went into exile,

Ezekiel 25:6

For thus says the Lord God: Because you rejoiced over the land of Israel with scorn in your heart, clapping your hands and stamping your feet,

Hosea 2:7

Yes, their mother has prostituted herself; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, “I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.”

Micah 4:11

And now many nations are gathered against you! They say, “Let her be profaned, let our eyes see Zion’s downfall!”

Luke 15:17

Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger.

Luke 16:25

Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.