Verse 1

The People of Jerusalem Pray: O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 44:13-16 : 13 You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 14 You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt. 15 All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame, 16 before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.
  • Lam 3:61 : 61 ש(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.
  • Hab 3:2 : 2 LORD, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, LORD, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!
  • Luke 23:42 : 42 Then he said,“Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”
  • Neh 1:3 : 3 They said to me,“The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!”
  • Neh 1:8 : 8 Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses:‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.
  • Neh 4:4 : 4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!
  • Job 7:7 : 7 Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
  • Job 10:9 : 9 Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?
  • Ps 74:10-11 : 10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever? 11 Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!
  • Ps 79:4 : 4 We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
  • Ps 79:12 : 12 Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!
  • Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people! 51 Your enemies, O LORD, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. 4 We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.
  • Jer 15:15 : 15 I said,“LORD, you know how I suffer. Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.
  • Lam 1:20 : 20 ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
  • Lam 2:15 : 15 ס(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem.“Ha! Is this the city they called‘The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!’?”
  • Lam 2:20 : 20 ר(Resh)Jerusalem Speaks: Look, O LORD! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?
  • Lam 3:19 : 19 ז(Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.