Lamentations 1:4

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

There will be crying and sadness near the city gates. Jerusalem will be like a woman who has lost everything and sits on the ground.

Jeremiah 10:22

Listen! The news is coming. A loud noise comes from the north to make the towns of Judah an empty desert and a home for wild dogs!

Jeremiah 14:2

“The nation of Judah cries as if someone has died, and her cities are very sad. They are distressed over the land. A cry goes up to God from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:11

“I, the Lord, will make the city of Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a home for wild dogs. I will destroy the cities of Judah so no one can live there.”

Lamentations 1:21

“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.

Lamentations 5:13

The young men ground grain at the mill, and boys stumbled under loads of wood.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders no longer sit at the city gates; the young men no longer sing.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all the times she burned incense to the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry and went chasing after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the Lord.

Leviticus 26:22

I will send wild animals to attack you, and they will take your children away from you and destroy your cattle. They will make you so few in number the roads will be empty.

Micah 3:12

Because of you, Jerusalem will be plowed like a field. The city will become a pile of rocks, and the hill on which the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.