Lamentations 5:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens.

Cross References

Zephaniah 1:13

Their wealth shall be plundered and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them.

Isaiah 1:7

Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence aliens devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

Ezekiel 7:24

I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned.

Ezekiel 7:21

I will hand it over to strangers as plunder, to the wicked of the earth as spoil; they shall profane it.

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses shall be turned over to others, their fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord.

Isaiah 63:18

Your holy people took possession for a little while, but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.

Isaiah 5:17

Then the lambs shall graze as in their pasture; fatted calves and kids shall feed among the ruins.

Psalm 109:11

May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.

Jeremiah 17:4

By your own act you shall lose the heritage that I gave you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, foreigners would devour it.

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations as a useless vessel.