Lamentations 2:6

New American Bible - revised edition

He laid waste his booth like a garden, destroyed his shrine; The Lord has blotted out in Zion feast day and sabbath, Has scorned in fierce wrath king and priest.

Cross References

Psalm 74:7

They set your sanctuary on fire, profaned your name’s abode by razing it to the ground.

Psalm 76:2

Renowned in Judah is God, whose name is great in Israel.

Psalm 80:12

It sent out its boughs as far as the sea, its shoots as far as the river.

Psalm 89:40

You renounced the covenant with your servant, defiled his crown in the dust.

Isaiah 1:13

Trample my courts no more! To bring offerings is useless; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath, calling assemblies— festive convocations with wickedness— these I cannot bear.

Isaiah 1:8

And daughter Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, Like a shed in a melon patch, like a city blockaded.

Isaiah 43:28

Till I repudiated the holy princes, put Jacob under the ban, exposed Israel to scorn.

Isaiah 5:5

Now, I will let you know what I am going to do to my vineyard: Take away its hedge, give it to grazing, break through its wall, let it be trampled!

Isaiah 5:6

Yes, I will make it a ruin: it shall not be pruned or hoed, but will be overgrown with thorns and briers; I will command the clouds not to rain upon it.

Isaiah 63:18

Why have the wicked invaded your holy place, why have our enemies trampled your sanctuary?

Isaiah 64:11

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

Jeremiah 17:27

But if you do not obey me and keep holy the sabbath day, if you carry burdens and come through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath, I will set fire to its gates—a fire never to be extinguished—and it will consume the palaces of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Just as my furious wrath was poured out upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my anger be poured out on you when you reach Egypt. You shall become a malediction and a horror, a curse and a reproach, and you shall never see this place again.

Jeremiah 45:4

You must say this to him. Thus says the Lord: What I have built, I am tearing down; what I have planted, I am uprooting: all this land.

Jeremiah 50:28

Listen! the fugitives, the refugees from the land of Babylon: They announce in Zion the retribution of the Lord, our God.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion mourn, empty of pilgrims to her feasts. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, Her young women grieve; her lot is bitter.

Lamentations 4:16

The presence of the Lord was their portion, but he no longer looks upon them. The priests are shown no regard, the elders, no mercy.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed—our very lifebreath!— was caught in their snares, He in whose shade we thought to live among the nations.

Lamentations 5:12

Princes have been hanged by them, elders shown no respect.

Ezekiel 17:18

He ignored his oath, breaking his covenant; even though he gave his hand, he did all these things— he shall not escape!

Leviticus 26:31

I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries, refusing your sweet-smelling offerings.

Zephaniah 3:18

as on festival days. I will remove disaster from among you, so that no one may recount your disgrace.

Malachi 2:9

I, therefore, have made you contemptible and base before all the people, For you do not keep my ways, but show partiality in your instruction.