Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 1:3; Lamentations 1:10; Lamentations 2:9; Lamentations 4:15; Lamentations 4:17; Lamentations 4:20

Lamentations 1:1

1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave.

Lamentations 1:3

3 After affliction and harsh labor, Judah has gone into exile. She dwells among the nations; she finds no resting place. All who pursue her have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Lamentations 1:10

10 The enemy laid hands on all her treasures; she saw pagan nations enter her sanctuary— those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.

Lamentations 2:9

9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; their bars he has broken and destroyed. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and her prophets no longer find visions from the LORD.

Lamentations 4:15

15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them. “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!” When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, “They can stay here no longer.”

Lamentations 4:17

17 Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

Lamentations 4:20

20 The LORD’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.