Lamentations 1:8 Cross References

Lamentations 1:8

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.

Isaiah 59:2

  1. But there is a problem--your sins have cut you off from God. Because of your sin, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.
  2. Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your mouth is full of lies, and your lips are tainted with corruption.
  3. No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.
  4. They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions.
  5. They cheat and shortchange everyone. Nothing they do is productive; all their activity is filled with sin. Violence is their trademark.

Lamentations 1:20

  1. "LORD, see my anguish! My heart is broken and my soul despairs, for I have rebelled against you. In the streets the sword kills, and at home there is only death.
  2. "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.
  3. "Look at all their evil deeds, LORD. Punish them, as you have punished me for all my sins. My groans are many, and my heart is faint."

Jeremiah 13:26

  1. I myself will expose you to shame.

Lamentations 1:4

  1. The roads to Jerusalem are in mourning, no longer filled with crowds on their way to celebrate the Temple festivals. The city gates are silent, her priests groan, her young women are crying--how bitterly Jerusalem weeps!
  2. 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.

Jeremiah 13:22

  1. You may ask yourself, "Why is all this happening to me?" It is because of your many sins! That is why you have been raped and destroyed by invading armies.

Lamentations 1:11

  1. Her people groan as they search for bread. They have sold their treasures for food to stay alive. "O LORD, look," she mourns, "and see how I am despised.

1 Samuel 2:30

  1. "Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The terrible things you are doing cannot continue! I had promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor only those who honor me, and I will despise those who despise me.

1 Kings 9:9

  1. And the answer will be, `Because his people forgot the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead. That is why the LORD has brought all these disasters upon them.'"

Isaiah 47:3

  1. You will be naked and burdened with shame. I will take vengeance against you and will not negotiate."

Ezekiel 23:29

  1. They will deal with you in hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you naked and bare. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.

Lamentations 4:21

  1. Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD's anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.

Hosea 2:3

  1. If she doesn't, I will strip her as naked as she was on the day she was born. I will leave her to die of thirst, as in a desert or a dry and barren wilderness.

Ezekiel 22:2

  1. "Son of man, are you ready to judge Jerusalem? Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? Denounce her terrible deeds in public,
  2. and give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: O city of murderers, doomed and damned--city of idols, filthy and foul--
  3. you are guilty of both murder and idolatry. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world.
  4. O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people both far and near.
  5. "Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.

Lamentations 4:15

  1. "Get away!" the people shouted at them. "You are defiled! Don't touch us!" So they fled to distant lands and wandered there among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.
  2. The LORD himself has scattered them, and he no longer helps them. The priests and leaders are no longer honored and respected.

Jeremiah 6:28

  1. Are they not the worst of rebels, full of slander? They are as insolent as bronze, as hard and cruel as iron. All of them lead others into corruption.

Revelation 3:18

  1. I advise you to buy gold from me--gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. And also buy white garments so you will not be shamed by your nakedness. And buy ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.

Jeremiah 15:4

  1. Because of the wicked things Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Ezekiel 16:37

  1. 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.
  2. I will punish you for your murder and adultery. I will cover you with blood in my jealous fury.
  3. Then I will give you to your lovers--these many nations--and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you completely naked and ashamed.

Ezekiel 23:46

  1. "Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.

Lamentations 5:12

  1. Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and the old men are treated with contempt.
  2. The young men are led away to work at millstones, and the children stagger under heavy loads of wood.
  3. The old men no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
  4. The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned to mourning.
  5. The garlands have fallen from our heads. Disaster has fallen upon us because we have sinned.

Ezekiel 14:13

  1. "Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals alike.
  2. Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  3. "Or suppose I were to send an invasion of dangerous wild animals to devastate the land and kill the people.
  4. Even if these three men were there, the Sovereign LORD swears that it would do no good--it wouldn't save the people from destruction. Those three alone would be saved, but the land would be devastated.
  5. "Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I told enemy armies to come and destroy everything.

Jeremiah 34:17

  1. "Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, famine, and disease. You will be considered a disgrace by all the nations of the earth.

Hosea 2:10

  1. I will strip her naked in public, while all her lovers look on. No one will be able to rescue her from my hands.

1 Kings 8:46

  1. "If they sin against you--and who has never sinned?--you may become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to a foreign land far or near.
  2. But in that land of exile, they may turn to you again in repentance and pray, `We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.'

Jeremiah 24:9

  1. I will make them an object of horror and evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I send them.

Jeremiah 4:31

  1. I hear a great cry, like that of a woman giving birth to her first child. It is the cry of Jerusalem's people gasping for breath, pleading for help, prostrate before their murderers.

Lamentations 2:10

  1. The leaders of Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence, clothed in sackcloth. They throw dust on their heads in sorrow and despair. The young women of Jerusalem hang their heads in shame.

1 Kings 9:7

  1. then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
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