Lamentations 1:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ She sits alone. She was a town full of people! Once great among the nations she has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced labor!

²¹ Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the Euphrates River to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.

³³ And Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So that he was not king in Jerusalem. Pharaoh Necho extracted from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

³⁵ Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh. He ordered that the land be taxed to get the money. All the people of the land had to give silver and gold in order to make the payment to Pharaoh Necho.

²⁶ He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the country of the Philistines and as far as the Egyptian border.

²⁰ »Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem. They ruled over all the country across the river. Taxes and tribute was paid to them.

⁴ Yet others said: »We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.

³⁷ »And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins. They have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

⁴ All of Jehovah’s tribes go to that city because it is a law in Israel to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

²⁶ Her (Zion’s) gates will lament and mourn and she will sit on the ground deserted.

¹² »O how you have fallen from heaven, you morning star (shining one), and son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations!

² You are a town full of commotion, a city of tumult and revelry. The sword did not kill your slain, nor did they die in battle.

⁵ The Lord Jehovah has opened my ears. I will not rebel, nor will I turn away from him.

² Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace and who bring good tidings of good things! For they proclaim salvation and say to Zion: »Your God reigns as king!« (Hebrew: Elohiym’ malak’: God rules!)

⁴ »Do not be afraid. You will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace. You will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.«

¹ »Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate. ² »Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt; uncover the leg and cross the rivers. ³ »Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance. I will not spare a man.« ⁴ Our Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. ⁵ »Sit silently and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans. You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms. ⁶ »I was angry with my people. I profaned my heritage and gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them. You made your yoke very heavy on the aged. ⁷ »‘You said: ‘I will be a queen for a very long time!’ You did not consider these things or remember their outcome. ⁸ »Hear this you sensual one! You dwell securely and say in your heart: ‘I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow. I will not lose children.’ (Revelation 18:2-8) ⁹ »Two things will come on you suddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure in spite of your abundance of sorceries, in spite of the great power of your spells. ¹⁰ »You felt sure of yourself in your evil. You thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. Then you said to yourself: ‘I am God! There is no one else like me.’ ¹¹ »Disaster will come upon you, and none of your magic can stop it. Ruin will come on you suddenly, ruin you never dreamed of! ¹² Keep all your magic spells and charms. You have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you. Perhaps you can frighten your enemies. ¹³ »You are powerless in spite of the advice you get. Let your astrologers come forward and save you! Let those people who study the stars, who map out the zones of the heavens tell you from month to month what is going to happen to you. ¹⁴ »Surely they are like stubble. The fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone and no fire to sit by. ¹⁵ »That is all they can do for you, these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood. Each of them goes on in his error. No one can save you.

¹¹ I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. It will be a gathering place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolation, without inhabitant.

⁹ Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men. He said: »Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians. Live in this country, serve the king of Babylon, and you will prosper.

²³ »The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations!

¹ How dark the gold has become! How changed is the best gold! The stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

¹ In his anger Jehovah covered Zion with clouds of darkness. He changed its heavenly splendor into ruins. On the day of his anger he abandoned even his footstool.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.

¹⁶ The crown has been taken from our head. Sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.

¹⁶ ‘»Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

¹⁵ »This is the joyous city that dwelled in security. She said in her heart, ‘I am! There is no one else!’ She has become an object of desolation, a place for wild animals to lie down in. Every one who passes by her will hiss, and wag his hand.«

⁴ Jehovah of Hosts said: »Old men and old women walk with the help of canes in the streets of Jerusalem. They sit in the city square. ⁵ »The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing there in the streets.«

⁷ »To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to that extent give her much torment and sorrow. She says in her heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow.'

¹⁶ »They will say: 'Woe, woe to the great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! ¹⁷ »'In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off,