Lamentations 1:7

New Living Translation

In the midst of her sadness and wandering, Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor. But now she has fallen to her enemy, and there is no one to help her. Her enemy struck her down and laughed as she fell.

Cross References

Job 29:2

“I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,

Psalm 42:4

My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!

Psalm 77:3

I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help. Interlude

Psalm 79:4

We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities are destroyed. Zion is a wilderness; yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.

Isaiah 64:11

The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.

Jeremiah 37:7

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh’s army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you.

Jeremiah 48:27

Did you not ridicule the people of Israel? Were they caught in the company of thieves that you should despise them as you do?

Lamentations 4:17

We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could not help us.

Ezekiel 25:3

Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign Lord: Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord! Because you cheered when my Temple was defiled, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile,

Ezekiel 25:6

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,

Hosea 2:7

When she runs after her lovers, she won’t be able to catch them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think, ‘I might as well return to my husband, for I was better off with him than I am now.’

Micah 4:11

Now many nations have gathered against you. “Let her be desecrated,” they say. “Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem.”

Luke 15:17

“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.