Lamentations 2:8

The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

Cross References (14)

  • 2 Kings 21:13 (5)

    I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of A

  • Jeremiah 14:2 (4)

    “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 3:26 (4)

    And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

  • Isaiah 34:11 (4)

    The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out

  • Jeremiah 5:10 (3)

    Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong

  • Amos 7:7–8 (3)

    This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.

  • Job 13:21 (2)

    Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

  • Ezekiel 20:22 (2)

    But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in

  • Lamentations 2:2 (2)

    Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities o

  • 2 Samuel 8:2 (2)

    David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off w

  • Isaiah 5:5 (2)

    Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will te

  • Lamentations 2:17 (2)

    The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown y

  • Isaiah 28:17 (2)

    I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water

  • Lamentations 2:5 (2)

    The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds