Lamentations 5:16

New International Reader's Version

All of our honor is gone. How terrible it is for us because we have sinned!

Cross References

Job 19:9

He has taken my wealth away from me. He has stripped me of my honor.

Psalm 89:39

You have broken the covenant you made with him. You have thrown your servant’s crown into the dirt.

Proverbs 14:34

Doing what is right lifts people up. But sin brings judgment to any nation.

Proverbs 27:24

Riches don’t last forever. And a crown is not secure for all time to come.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem is about to fall. And so is Judah. They say and do things against the Lord. They dare to disobey him to his very face.

Jeremiah 13:18

Speak to the king and his mother. Tell them, “Come down from your thrones. Your glorious crowns are about to fall from your heads.”

Jeremiah 2:17

Haven’t you brought this on yourselves? I am the Lord your God, but you deserted me. You left me even while I was leading you.

Jeremiah 2:19

You will be punished because you have sinned. You will be corrected for turning away from me. I am the Lord your God. If you desert me, bad things will happen to you. If you do not respect me, you will suffer bitterly. I want you to understand that,” announces the Lord who rules over all.

Jeremiah 32:23

Israel came in and took it over. But they did not obey you. They didn’t follow your law. They didn’t do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this trouble on them.

Jeremiah 4:18

“The army will attack you because of your conduct and actions. This is how you will be punished. It will be so bitter! It will cut deep down into your hearts!”

Lamentations 1:1

The city of Jerusalem is so empty! She used to be full of people. But now she’s like a woman whose husband has died. She used to be great among the nations. She was like a queen among the kingdoms. But now she is a slave.

Lamentations 1:18

Jerusalem says, “The Lord always does what is right. But I refused to obey his commands. Listen, all you nations. Pay attention to how much I’m suffering. My young men and women have been taken away as prisoners.

Lamentations 1:20

“Lord, see how upset I am! I am suffering deep down inside. My heart is troubled. Again and again I have refused to obey you. Outside the city, people are being killed by swords. Inside, there is nothing but death.

Lamentations 1:8

Her people have committed many sins. They have become impure. All those who honored Jerusalem now look down on her. They all look at her as if she were a naked woman. The city groans and turns away in shame.

Lamentations 2:1

See how the Lord covered the city of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He threw Israel’s glory down from heaven to earth. When he was angry, he turned his back on his own city.

Lamentations 4:13

It happened because Jerusalem’s prophets had sinned. Her priests had done evil things. All of them spilled the blood of those who did what was right.

Ezekiel 21:26

The Lord and King says, “Take off your turban. Remove your crown. Things will not be as they were in the past. Those who are considered not important will be honored. And those who are honored will be considered not important.

Micah 6:13

So I have begun to strike you down. I have begun to destroy you because you have sinned so much.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you are going to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you. You will be treated badly for ten days. Be faithful, even if it means you must die. Then I will give you life as your crown of victory.

Revelation 3:11

‘I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have. Then no one will take away your crown.

1 Samuel 7:6

When the people had come together at Mizpah, they went to the well and got water. They poured it out in front of the Lord. On that day they didn’t eat any food. They admitted they had sinned. They said, “We’ve sinned against the Lord.” Samuel was serving as the leader of Israel at Mizpah.