How Lonely Lies the City!
(2 Kings 24:10–17)
How 1lonely lies the city, Isa 3:261Ki 4:21Ezr 4:20Rev 18:16-17Isa 54:42Ki 23:35Isa 22:2Lam 5:16
once so full of people!
She who was great among the nations
has become a widow.
The princess of the provinces
has become a slave.
She weeps aloud in the night, Psa 6:6Mic 7:5Ezk 23:22-25Jer 13:17Jer 22:20-22Jer 30:14Jer 4:30Jer 9:1
with tears upon her cheeks.
Among all her lovers
there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
Judah has gone into exile Deu 28:64-67Lam 2:92Ch 36:20-212Ki 24:14-152Ki 25:112Ki 25:21Amo 9:1-4Ezk 5:12
under affliction and harsh slavery;
she dwells among the nations
but finds no place to rest.
All her pursuers have overtaken her
in the midst of her distress.
The roads to Zion mourn, Jer 9:11Jol 1:8-13Isa 24:4-6Jer 10:22Jer 14:2Lam 2:6-7Isa 32:9-14Jer 33:10-12
because no one comes to her appointed feasts.
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her maidens grieve,
and she herself is bitter with anguish.
Her foes have become her masters; Deu 32:15-27Ezk 8:17-18Ezk 9:9Jer 30:14-15Jer 39:9Psa 90:7-82Ch 36:14-16Dan 9:7-16
her enemies are at ease.
For the LORD has brought her grief
because of her many transgressions.
Her children have gone away
as captives before the enemy.
All the splendor has departed Ezk 24:252Ki 19:212Sa 4:11-12Deu 28:25Deu 32:30Ezk 11:22-23Ezk 24:21Ezk 7:20-22
from the Daughter of Zion.
Her princes are like deer
that find no pasture;
they lack the strength to flee
in the face of the hunter.
In the days of her affliction and wandering Psa 79:4Deu 4:34-37Psa 42:4Psa 77:5-9Deu 4:7-8Deu 8:7-9Hos 2:7Isa 5:1-4
Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands
she received no help.
Her enemies looked upon her,
laughing at her downfall.
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; Isa 59:2-13Lam 1:20-22Jer 13:22Jer 13:26Lam 1:11Lam 1:4-51Ki 8:46-471Ki 9:9
therefore she has become an object of scorn.
All who honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness; 2
she herself groans and turns away.
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; Deu 32:29Isa 47:7Psa 25:18Ecc 4:1Lam 1:172Th 2:4-8Isa 3:8Jer 13:17-18
she did not consider her end.
Her downfall was astounding;
there was no one to comfort her.
Look, O LORD, on my affliction,
for the enemy has triumphed!
The adversary has seized Deu 23:3Jer 51:51Isa 64:10-11Lam 1:7Neh 13:1Psa 74:4-8Ezk 44:7Ezk 7:22
all her treasures.
For she has seen the nations
enter her sanctuary—
those You had forbidden
to enter Your assembly.
All her people groan Jer 52:6Jer 38:9Lam 2:121Sa 30:11-12Deu 28:52-572Ki 6:25Ezk 4:15-17Ezk 5:16-17
as they search for bread.
They have traded their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
Look, O LORD, and consider,
for I have become despised.
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Dan 9:12Luk 23:28-31Jer 18:16Jer 30:24Lam 4:6-11Isa 13:13Lam 2:13Luk 21:22-23
Look around and see!
Is there any sorrow like mine,
which was inflicted on me,
which the LORD made me suffer
on the day of His fierce anger?
He sent fire from on high, Hab 3:16Job 30:30Ezk 17:20Job 19:6Psa 22:14Ezk 12:13Heb 12:29Nam 1:6
and it overpowered my bones.
He spread a net for my feet
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,
faint all the day long.
My transgressions are bound into a yoke, 3 Deu 28:48Isa 47:6Ezk 25:4Ezk 25:7Jer 28:14Pro 5:22Ezk 11:9Ezk 21:31
knit together by His hand;
they are draped over my neck,
and the Lord has broken my strength.
He has delivered me into the hands
of those I cannot withstand.
The Lord has rejected Isa 63:3Isa 28:18Mal 4:3Heb 10:29Luk 21:24Rev 14:19-20Rev 19:152Ki 24:14-16
all the mighty men in my midst;
He has summoned an army against me 4
to crush my young warriors.
Like grapes in a winepress,
the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
For these things I weep; Lam 1:2Psa 119:136Jer 13:17Jer 14:17Lam 2:11Lam 2:18Lam 3:48-49Ecc 4:1
my eyes flow with tears.
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,
no one to revive my soul.
My children are destitute
because the enemy has prevailed.
Zion stretches out her hands, Jer 4:31Isa 1:15Lam 1:92Ki 24:2-42Ki 25:1Jer 21:4-5Jer 34:22Lam 1:16
but there is no one to comfort her.
The LORD has decreed against Jacob
that his neighbors become his foes.
Jerusalem has become
an unclean thing among them.
The LORD is righteous, Psa 119:751Sa 12:14-15Zep 3:5Jer 12:1Lam 1:12Lam 3:42Neh 9:33Psa 107:11
for I have rebelled against His command.
Listen, all you people;
look upon my suffering.
My young men and maidens
have gone into captivity.
I called out to my lovers, Lam 1:11Lam 1:2Lam 2:20Job 19:13-19Jer 14:15-18Jer 2:28Jer 23:11-15Jer 27:13-15
but they have betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while they searched for food
to keep themselves alive.
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! Ezk 7:15Lam 2:11Deu 32:25Isa 16:11Pro 28:13Jer 4:19Job 30:271Ki 8:47-50
I am churning within;
my heart is pounding within me,
for I have been most rebellious.
Outside, the sword bereaves;
inside, there is death.
People have heard my groaning, Lam 1:8Jer 50:11Lam 1:16Lam 1:22Lam 2:15Psa 35:15Jer 51:24Lam 1:2
but there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
they are glad that You have caused it.
May You bring the day You have announced,
so that they may become like me.
Let all their wickedness come before You, Jer 8:18Rev 6:10Psa 109:14-15Neh 4:4-5Eph 3:13Isa 13:7Jer 10:25Jer 18:23
and deal with them
as You have dealt with me
because of all my transgressions.
For my groans are many,
and my heart is faint.