Lamentations 1:1 Cross References - MKJV

¹ How alone sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow, once great among the nations, a noblewoman among the nations, but now has become a tribute-payer.

²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.

³³ And Pharaoh-necho put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem. And he put the land to a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

³⁵ And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh. But he taxed the land to give the silver according to Pharaoh's command. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from each one according to his worth, to give it to Pharaoh-necho.

²⁶ And he reigned over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

²⁰ There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all Beyond the River. And toll, taxes, and custom was paid to them.

⁴ And some said, We have borrowed money on our lands and vineyards for the king's tax.

³⁷ And it yields much increase to the kings whom You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

⁴ where the tribes go up, the tribes of Jehovah, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

²⁶ And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall sit deserted on the ground.

¹² How you are fallen from the heavens, O shining star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!

² Crashings fill the noisy city, the joyous city. Your slain ones are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

¹ Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground. There is no throne for you, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. ² Take the millstones and grind meal. Push back your veil, draw up your skirt, uncover your leg, pass over the rivers. ³ Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, your shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance and I will not meet you as a man. ⁴ Our Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel. ⁵ Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms. ⁶ I was angry with My people, I have polluted My inheritance, and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you have very heavily laid your yoke on the aged. ⁷ And you said, I shall be a mistress forever; so you did not lay these things to your heart, nor remembered the latter end of it. ⁸ Now then hear this, O pleasure seeker, who lives carelessly; who says in her heart, I am, and none else is; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children. ⁹ But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come on you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great power of your enchantments. ¹⁰ For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else. ¹¹ But evil shall come on you; you shall not know its origin. And mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come on you suddenly, you shall not know. ¹² Stand now with your spells, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have wearied yourself since your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit; perhaps you may bring terror. ¹³ You are exhausted by your many plans; now let the astrologers stand up and save you, the stargazers, making known what is coming on you into the new moons. ¹⁴ Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; there shall not be a coal to warm them; nor fire, to sit before it. ¹⁵ So they are to you with whom you labored, your merchants from your youth. Each one wanders to his own way; none shall save you.

⁵ The Lord Jehovah has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away backwards.

² Shake yourself from the dust; rise up! Sit, Jerusalem! Free yourself from your neckbands, O captive daughter of Zion.

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, making peace heard; who brings good news, making salvation heard; who says to Zion, Your God reigns!

⁴ Do not fear; for you shall not be ashamed, nor shall you blush; for you shall not be put to shame; for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more.

¹¹ And I will make Jerusalem ruins, a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without a living soul.

⁹ And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Do not fear to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

²³ How the hammer of the whole earth is cut off and broken! How Babylon has become a ruin among the nations!

¹ How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He cast down the beauty of Israel from the heavens to the earth and remembered not His footstool in the day of His anger.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and are silent; they send up dust on their heads; they gird on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

¹ How the gold has become dim; the fine gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

¹⁶ The crown has fallen from our head. Woe now to us! For we have sinned.

¹⁶ And all the rulers of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground and tremble at every moment, and be amazed at you.

¹⁵ This is the rejoicing city, dwelling confidently, who says in her heart, I am, and no other still is. How she has become a ruin, a resting-place for animals! Everyone who passes by her shall hiss; he shall wag his hand.

⁴ So says Jehovah of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and old women living in the streets of Jerusalem, and each man with his staff in his hand because of their many days. ⁵ And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

⁷ As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.

¹⁶ and saying, Woe! Woe to the great city which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! ¹⁷ For in one hour such great riches was desolated. And every ship-pilot, and all the company on the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, stood afar off.