Lamentations 1:21

New Century Version

“People have heard my groaning, and there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble, and they are happy you have done this to me. Now bring that day you have announced so that my enemies will be like me.

Cross References

Psalm 35:15

But when I was in trouble, they gathered and laughed; they gathered to attack before I knew it. They insulted me without stopping.

Psalm 37:13

But the Lord laughs at the wicked, because he sees that their day is coming.

Psalm 38:16

I said, “Don’t let them laugh at me or brag when I am defeated.”

Isaiah 14:5

The Lord has broken the scepter of evil rulers and taken away their power.

Isaiah 14:6

The king of Babylon struck people in anger again and again. He ruled nations in anger and continued to hurt them.

Jeremiah 30:16

But all those nations that destroyed you will now be destroyed. All your enemies will become captives in other lands. Those who stole from you will have their own things stolen. Those who took things from you in war will have their own things taken.

Jeremiah 48:27

Moab, you made fun of Israel. Israel was caught in the middle of a gang of thieves. When you spoke about Israel, you shook your head and acted as if you were better than it.

Jeremiah 50:11

“Babylon, you are excited and happy, because you took my land. You dance around like a young cow in the grain. Your laughter is like the neighing of male horses.

Jeremiah 50:15

Soldiers around Babylon, shout the war cry! Babylon has surrendered, her towers have fallen, and her walls have been torn down. The Lord is giving her people the punishment they deserve. You nations should give her what she deserves; do to her what she has done to others.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Call for the archers to come against Babylon. Tell them to surround the city, and let no one escape. Pay her back for what she has done; do to her what she has done to other nations. Babylon acted with pride against the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:31

“Babylon, you are too proud, and I am against you,” says the Lord God All-Powerful. “The time has come for you to be punished.

Jeremiah 51:24

“But I will pay back Babylon and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem in your sight,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:49

“Babylon must fall, because she killed people from Israel. She killed people from everywhere on earth.

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about these things; my eyes overflow with tears. There is no one near to comfort me, no one who can give me strength again. My children are left sad and lonely, because the enemy has won.”

Lamentations 1:2

She cries loudly at night, and tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her; all who loved her are gone. All her friends have turned against her and are now her enemies.

Lamentations 1:22

“Look at all their evil. Do to them what you have done to me because of all my sins. I groan over and over again, and I am afraid.”

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Jerusalem are sad, because no one comes for the feasts. No one passes through her gates. Her priests groan, her young women are suffering, and Jerusalem suffers terribly.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem sinned terribly, so she has become unclean. Those who honored her now hate her, because they have seen her nakedness. She groans and turns away.

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass by on the road clap their hands at you; they make fun of Jerusalem and shake their heads. They ask, “Is this the city that people called the most beautiful city, the happiest place on earth?”

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies open their mouths to speak against you. They make fun and grind their teeth in anger. They say, “We have swallowed you up. This is the day we were waiting for! We have finally seen it happen.”

Ezekiel 26:2

“Human, the city of Tyre has spoken against Jerusalem: ‘The city that traded with the nations is destroyed. Now we can be the trading center. Since the city of Jerusalem is ruined, we can make money.’

Joel 3:14

There are huge numbers of people in the Valley of Decision, because the Lord’s day of judging is near in the Valley of Decision.

Revelation 18:6

Give that city the same as she gave to others. Pay her back twice as much as she did. Prepare wine for her that is twice as strong as the wine she prepared for others.