Lamentations 1:5

New Living Translation

Her oppressors have become her masters, and her enemies prosper, for the Lord has punished Jerusalem for her many sins. Her children have been captured and taken away to distant lands.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:15

For they have done great evil in my sight and have angered me ever since their ancestors came out of Egypt.”

Psalm 80:6

You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.

Psalm 89:42

You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.

Isaiah 22:5

Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides.

Isaiah 63:18

How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.

Jeremiah 10:20

My home is gone, and no one is left to help me rebuild it. My children have been taken away, and I will never see them again.

Jeremiah 12:7

“I have abandoned my people, my special possession. I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.

Jeremiah 23:14

But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery and love dishonesty. They encourage those who are doing evil so that no one turns away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”

Jeremiah 39:9

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took as exiles to Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had defected to him, and everyone else who remained.

Jeremiah 5:29

Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

Lamentations 1:16

“For all these things I weep; tears flow down my cheeks. No one is here to comfort me; any who might encourage me are far away. My children have no future, for the enemy has conquered us.”

Lamentations 1:18

“The Lord is right,” Jerusalem says, “for I rebelled against him. Listen, people everywhere; look upon my anguish and despair, for my sons and daughters have been taken captive to distant lands.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem has sinned greatly, so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag. All who once honored her now despise her, for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated. All she can do is groan and hide her face.

Lamentations 2:17

But it is the Lord who did just as he planned. He has fulfilled the promises of disaster he made long ago. He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy. He has caused her enemies to gloat over her and has given them power over her.

Lamentations 3:46

“All our enemies have spoken out against us.

Ezekiel 9:10

So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see it! The Lord has abandoned the land!’

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what is evil in the Lord’s sight, making him very angry with your actions.”