Lamentations 1:3

New Century Version

Judah has gone into captivity where she suffers and works hard. She lives among other nations, but she has found no rest. Those who chased her caught her when she was in trouble.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:11

Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, captured the people left in Jerusalem, those who had surrendered to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the people.

2 Kings 25:21

There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them killed. So the people of Judah were led away from their country as captives.

2 Kings 25:4

Then the city was broken into, and the whole army ran away at night through the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden. While the Babylonians were still surrounding the city, Zedekiah and his men ran away toward the Jordan Valley.

2 Kings 25:5

But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the plains of Jericho. All of his army was scattered from him,

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of southern Judah are locked up, and no one can open them. All Judah will be taken as captives to a foreign land; they will be carried away completely.

Jeremiah 16:16

“I will soon send for many fishermen to come to this land,” says the Lord. “And they will catch the people of Judah. After that, I will send for many hunters to come to this land. And they will hunt the people of Judah on every mountain and hill and in the cracks of the rocks.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make those people hated as an evil people by all the kingdoms of the earth. People will make fun of them and tell jokes about them and point fingers at them and curse them everywhere I scatter them.

Jeremiah 39:9

Nebuzaradan, commander of the king’s special guards, took the people left in Jerusalem, those captives who had surrendered to him earlier, and the rest of the people of Jerusalem, and he took them all away to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:15

Nebuzaradan, the commander of the king’s special guards, took captive some of the poorest people, those who were left in Jerusalem, those who had surrendered to the king of Babylon, and the skilled craftsmen who were left in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:8

But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah and caught him in the plains of Jericho. All of his army was scattered from him.

Lamentations 2:9

Jerusalem’s gates have fallen to the ground; he destroyed and smashed the bars of the gates. Her king and her princes are among the nations. The teaching of the Lord has stopped, and the prophets do not have visions from the Lord.

Lamentations 4:15

“Go away! You are unclean,” people shouted at them. “Get away! Get away! Don’t touch us!” So they ran away and wandered. Even the other nations said, “Don’t stay here.”

Lamentations 5:5

Those who chase after us want to catch us by the neck. We are tired and find no rest.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of you will die by disease or be destroyed by hunger inside your walls. A third will fall dead by the sword outside your walls. And a third I will scatter in every direction as I chase them with a sword.

Deuteronomy 28:48

so you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, naked, and poor, and the Lord will put a load on you until he has destroyed you.