Lamentations 5:18

New English Translation

For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

Nehemiah 4:3

Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

Psalm 63:10

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

Isaiah 64:9

Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!

Jeremiah 17:3

and on the mountains and in the fields. I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

Jeremiah 26:9

How dare you claim the Lord’s authority to prophesy such things! How dare you claim his authority to prophesy that this temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will become an uninhabited ruin!” Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 44:2

“The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted.

Jeremiah 44:6

So my anger and my wrath were poured out and burned like a fire through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. That is why they have become the desolate ruins that they are today.’

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

Jeremiah 9:10

I said, “I will weep and mourn for the grasslands on the mountains, I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness because they are so scorched no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard there. Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields have fled and are gone.”

Jeremiah 9:11

The Lord said, “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them.”

Ezekiel 13:4

Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.

Daniel 9:17

“So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake.

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!