Verse 2

Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem rises up.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 3:26 : 26 The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
  • Jer 8:21 : 21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
  • 1 Sam 5:12 : 12 The men who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Lam 4:8-9 : 8 Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it has become as dry as wood. 9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those dying of hunger, wasting away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’
  • Jer 12:4 : 4 How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.
  • Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and princes are among the nations, and there is no law. Even her prophets receive no vision from the LORD.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.
  • Isa 15:5 : 5 My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. They go up weeping by the ascent of Luhith. On the way to Horonaim, they raise a cry of destruction.
  • Isa 24:4 : 4 The earth mourns and withers; the world fades and withers; the exalted of the earth languish.
  • Isa 24:7 : 7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan.
  • Isa 33:9 : 9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and withers. Sharon has become like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
  • Jer 4:28 : 28 Because of this, the earth will mourn, and the heavens above will grow dark. For I have spoken, I have purposed, and I will not relent or turn back from it.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is hot as an oven, burned from the raging heat of famine.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish, along with the beasts of the field, the birds of the skies, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
  • Joel 1:10 : 10 The fields are devastated, and the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the olive oil fails.
  • Joel 2:6 : 6 Before them, nations writhe in anguish; every face turns pale.
  • Exod 2:24 : 24 God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 "About this time tomorrow, I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. You shall anoint him as ruler over my people Israel. He will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people and their cry has reached me."
  • Job 34:28 : 28 He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.