Lamentations 5:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Because of Mount Zion, lying desolate, and the jackals roaming there!

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

He burned the house of the Lord, the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem (every noble house); he destroyed them by fire.

Nehemiah 4:3

We prayed to our God and posted a watch against them day and night for fear of what they might do.

Psalm 63:10

But those who seek my life will come to ruin; they shall go down to the depths of the netherworld!

Isaiah 64:9

Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become wilderness, Jerusalem desolation!

Jeremiah 17:3

the peaks in the country. Your wealth and all your treasures I give as plunder, As payment for all your sins throughout your territory,

Jeremiah 26:9

Why do you prophesy in the name of the Lord: ‘This house shall become like Shiloh,’ and ‘This city shall be desolate, without inhabitant’?” And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:2

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You yourselves have seen all the evil I brought upon Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah. Today they lie in ruins uninhabited,

Jeremiah 44:6

Therefore the fury of my anger poured forth and kindled fire in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, to turn them into the ruined wasteland they are today.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned the house of the Lord, the palace of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every large building he destroyed with fire.

Jeremiah 9:10

I will turn Jerusalem into a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; The cities of Judah I will make a waste, where no one dwells.

Jeremiah 9:11

Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it! Why is the land ravaged, scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?

Ezekiel 13:4

Like foxes among ruins are your prophets, Israel!

Daniel 9:17

Now, our God, hear the prayer and petition of your servant; and for your own sake, Lord, let your face shine upon your desolate sanctuary.

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem reduced to rubble, And the mount of the temple to a forest ridge.