Lamentations 1:4

New Living Translation

The roads to Jerusalem are in mourning, for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals. The city gates are silent, her priests groan, her young women are crying— how bitter is her fate!

Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground.

Jeremiah 10:22

Listen! Hear the terrifying roar of great armies as they roll down from the north. The towns of Judah will be destroyed and become a haunt for jackals.

Jeremiah 14:2

“Judah wilts; commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:11

“I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,” says the Lord. “It will be a place haunted by jackals. The towns of Judah will be ghost towns, with no one living in them.”

Lamentations 1:21

“Others heard my groans, but no one turned to comfort me. When my enemies heard about my troubles, they were happy to see what you had done. Oh, bring the day you promised, when they will suffer as I have suffered.

Lamentations 5:13

Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about me,” says the Lord.

Leviticus 26:22

I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.

Micah 3:12

Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field; Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins! A thicket will grow on the heights where the Temple now stands.