Lamentations 1:2 Cross References
Lamentations 1:2
2: She sobs through the night; tears stream down her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one left to help her. All her friends have betrayed her; they are now her enemies.
Psalms 6:6
- I am worn out from sobbing. Every night tears drench my bed; my pillow is wet from weeping.
Micah 7:5
- Don't trust anyone--not your best friend or even your wife!
Psalms 31:11
- I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors--even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they turn the other way.
Jeremiah 30:14
- All your allies have left you and do not care about you anymore. I have wounded you cruelly, as though I were your enemy. For your sins are many, and your guilt is great.
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."
- Jerusalem pleads for help, but no one comforts her. Regarding his people, the LORD has said, "Let their neighbors be their enemies! Let them be thrown away like a filthy rag!"
Jeremiah 13:17
- And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears because the LORD's flock will be led away into exile.
Psalms 77:2
- When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I pray, with hands lifted toward heaven, pleading. There can be no joy for me until he acts.
- I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help.
- You don't let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray!
- I think of the good old days, long since ended,
- when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and think about the difference now.
Jeremiah 22:20
- Weep, for your allies are all gone. Search for them in Lebanon. Shout for them at Bashan. Search for them in the regions east of the river. See, they are all destroyed. Not one is left to help you.
- "When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, `Don't bother me.' Since childhood you have been that way--you simply will not listen!
- And now your allies have all disappeared with a puff of wind. All your friends have been taken away as captives. Surely at last you will see your wickedness and be ashamed.
Jeremiah 9:1
- Oh, that my eyes were a fountain of tears; I would weep forever! I would sob day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered.
Job 19:13
- "My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.
- My neighbors and my close friends are all gone.
Lamentations 1:19
- "I begged my allies for help, but they betrayed me. My priests and leaders starved to death in the city, even as they searched for food to save their lives.
Lamentations 1:9
- She defiled herself with immorality with no thought of the punishment that would follow. Now she lies in the gutter with no one to lift her out. "LORD, see my deep misery," she cries. "The enemy has triumphed."
Ezekiel 23:22
- "Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will send your lovers against you--those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
- For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them--handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high-ranking officers, riding their horses.
- They will all come against you from the north with chariots, wagons, and a great army fully prepared for attack. They will take up positions on every side, surrounding you with men armed for battle. And I will hand you over to them so they can do with you as they please.
- I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal furiously with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned.
Lamentations 1:21
- "Others heard my groans, but no one turned to comfort me. When my enemies heard of my troubles, they were happy to see what you had done. Oh, bring the day you promised, when you will destroy them as you have destroyed me.
Jeremiah 4:30
- What are you doing, you who have been plundered? Why do you dress up in your most beautiful clothing and jewelry? Why do you brighten your eyes with mascara? It will do you no good! Your allies despise you and will kill you.
Revelation 17:16
- The scarlet beast and his ten horns--which represent ten kings who will reign with him--all hate the prostitute. They will strip her naked, eat her flesh, and burn her remains with fire.
Ezekiel 16:37
- this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies--these lovers of yours with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated--and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
Lamentations 2:11
- I have cried until the tears no longer come. My heart is broken, my spirit poured out, as I see what has happened to my people. Little children and tiny babies are fainting and dying in the streets.
Isaiah 51:18
- Not one of your children is left alive to help you or tell you what to do.
- These two things have been your lot: desolation and destruction, famine and war. And who is left to sympathize? Who is left to comfort you?
Job 7:3
- I, too, have been assigned months of futility, long and weary nights of misery.
Job 6:15
- My brother, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring
Jeremiah 3:1
- "If a man divorces a woman and she marries someone else, he is not to take her back again, for that would surely corrupt the land. But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers, says the LORD. Yet I am still calling you to come back to me.
Jeremiah 9:17
- This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Think about what is going on! Call for the mourners to come.
- Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.
- Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair, `We are ruined! Disaster has come upon us! We must leave our land, because our homes have been torn down.'"
Hosea 2:7
- When she runs after her lovers, she won't be able to catch up with them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think, `I might as well return to my husband because I was better off with him than I am now.'
Proverbs 19:7
- If the relatives of the poor despise them, how much more will their friends avoid them. The poor call after them, but they are gone.
Lamentations 2:18
- Cry aloud before the Lord, O walls of Jerusalem! Let your tears flow like a river. Give yourselves no rest from weeping day or night.
- Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer. Plead for your children as they faint with hunger in the streets.
Revelation 17:13
- They will all agree to give their power and authority to him.