Lamentations 2:9

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:7

They killed Zedekiah’s sons as he watched. Then they put out his eyes and put bronze chains on him and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God and without a priest to teach them and without the teachings.

Nehemiah 1:3

They answered me, “Those who are left from the captivity are back in Judah, but they are in much trouble and are full of shame. The wall around Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned.”

Psalm 74:9

We do not see any signs. There are no more prophets, and no one knows how long this will last.

Isaiah 24:12

The city will be left in ruins, and its gates will be smashed to pieces.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, “Those prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They have been prophesying false visions, idolatries, worthless magic, and their own wishful thinking.

Jeremiah 23:16

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Don’t pay attention to what those prophets are saying to you. They are trying to fool you. They talk about visions their own minds made up, not about visions from me.

Jeremiah 39:2

This lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month in Zedekiah’s eleventh year. Then the city wall was broken through.

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 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting. They stay in their protected cities. Their strength is gone, and they have become like frightened women. Babylon’s houses are burning. The bars of her gates are broken.

Jeremiah 52:14

The whole Babylonian army, led by the commander of the king’s special guards, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Lamentations 1:3

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.

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 4:20

The Lord’s appointed king, who was our very breath, was caught in their traps. We had said about him, “We will be protected by him among the nations.”

Ezekiel 12:13

But I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my trap. Then I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Babylonians. He will not see that land, but he will die there.

Ezekiel 17:20

I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my trap. Then I will bring him to Babylon, where I will punish him for the unfaithful acts he did against me.

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster will come on top of disaster, and rumor will be added to rumor. Then they will try to get a vision from a prophet; the teachings of God from the priest and the advice from the elders will be lost.

Hosea 11:6

War will sweep through their cities and will destroy them and kill them because of their wicked plans.

Hosea 3:4

In the same way Israel will live many days without a king or leader, without sacrifices or holy stone pillars, and without the holy vest or an idol.

Amos 1:5

I will break down the bar of the gate to Damascus and destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven, as well as the leader of Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be taken captive to the country of Kir,” says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:36

The Lord will send you and your king away to a nation neither you nor your ancestors know, where you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as the Lord was once happy with you and gave you good things and made you grow in number, so then the Lord will be happy to ruin and destroy you, and you will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.

1 Samuel 28:6

He prayed to the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him through dreams, Urim, or prophets.