Lamentations 2:7

New Century Version

The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his Temple. He has handed over to the enemy the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces. Their uproar in the Lord’s Temple was like that of a feast day.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord and the palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building was burned.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Nebuchadnezzar and his army set fire to God’s Temple and broke down Jerusalem’s wall and burned all the palaces. They took or destroyed every valuable thing in Jerusalem.

Psalm 89:39

You have abandoned the agreement with your servant and thrown his crown to the ground.

Isaiah 64:9

Lord, don’t continue to be angry with us; don’t remember our sins forever. Please, look at us, because we are your people.

Jeremiah 21:4

‘Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: You have weapons of war in your hands to defend yourselves against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians, who are all around the city wall. But I will make those weapons useless. Soon I will bring them into the center of this city.

Jeremiah 26:18

“Micah, from the city of Moresheth, was a prophet during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. Micah said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: Jerusalem will be plowed like a field. It will become a pile of rocks, and the hill where the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.’

Jeremiah 26:6

If you don’t obey me, I will destroy my Temple in Jerusalem as I destroyed my Holy Tent at Shiloh. When I do, people all over the world will curse Jerusalem.’ ”

Jeremiah 32:29

The Babylonian army is already attacking the city of Jerusalem. They will soon enter it and start a fire to burn down the city and its houses. The people of Jerusalem offered sacrifices to Baal on the roofs of those same houses and poured out drink offerings to other idols to make me angry.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Babylonians set fire to the palace and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:26

I looked, and the good, rich land had become a desert. All its towns had been destroyed by the Lord and his great anger.

Jeremiah 4:27

This is what the Lord says: “All the land will be ruined, but I will not completely destroy it.

Jeremiah 50:28

Listen to the people running to escape the country of Babylon! They are telling Jerusalem how the Lord our God is punishing Babylon as it deserves for destroying his Temple.

Jeremiah 52:13

Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord, the palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every important building was burned.

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 2:1

Look how the Lord in his anger has brought Jerusalem to shame. He has thrown down the greatness of Israel from the sky to the earth; he did not remember the Temple, his footstool, on the day of his anger.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was like an enemy; he swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed all her strongholds. He has caused more moaning and groaning for Judah.

Ezekiel 24:21

‘Say to the people of Israel, This is what the Lord God says: I am going to dishonor my Temple. You think it gives you strength. You are proud of it, and you look at it with love and tenderness. But your sons and daughters that you left behind in Jerusalem will fall dead by the sword.

Ezekiel 7:24

So I will bring the worst of the nations to take over the people’s houses. I will also end the pride of the strong, and their holy places will be dishonored.

Leviticus 26:31

I will destroy your cities and make your holy places empty, and I will not smell the pleasing smell of your offerings.

Leviticus 26:44

But even though this is true, I will not turn away from them when they are in the land of their enemies. I will not hate them so much that I completely destroy them and break my agreement with them, because I am the Lord their God.

Amos 2:5

So I will send fire on Judah, and it will destroy the strong buildings of Jerusalem.”

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.

Matthew 24:2

Jesus asked, “Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. Every stone will be thrown down to the ground.”