Lamentations 1:10
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
Cross-reference
In Lamentations 1:7, Jerusalem remembers her former precious things amidst affliction, while 1:10 describes the enemy taking them.
Deuteronomy 23:3 is the specific law forbidding Ammonites and Moabites from entering the assembly, which Lamentations 1:10 alludes to as the nations now defiling the sanctuary.
Ezekiel 44:7 condemns bringing foreigners into the sanctuary, matching the defilement described in Lamentations 1:10 as nations entering the holy place.
Ezekiel 7:22 prophesied that robbers would profane God's treasured place—Lamentations records that fulfillment.
Jeremiah 52:17-20 details the specific temple treasures the Babylonians took—bronze pillars, stands, etc.—filling in what 'precious things' refers to.
Jeremiah 52:13 records the burning of the Lord's house, confirming the destruction seen in Lamentations.
Jeremiah 51:51 directly echoes shame because foreigners entered the holy places of the Lord—same event.
Jeremiah 20:5 prophesies that all Jerusalem's treasures will be plundered by enemies, matching the description in Lamentations 1:10.
Jeremiah 15:13 says God will give wealth and treasures as spoil for sins, exactly what happens in Lamentations 1:10.
Isaiah 64:11 laments the temple burned with fire and pleasant places ruined—specific fulfillment of sanctuary desecration.
Isaiah 63:18 says adversaries have trampled God's sanctuary, mirroring the enemy's invasion of the holy place.
Psalm 79:1-7 describes nations defiling the temple and leaving Jerusalem in ruins, a direct parallel to the enemy entering the sanctuary.
Psalm 74:4-8 laments enemies setting up signs and axes in the sanctuary, burning God's dwelling—echoing the desecration described.
2 Kings 25:13 details the bronze vessels taken from the temple, specific precious things referred to in Lamentations 1:10's plundering.
Leviticus 26:31 warns that God will make sanctuaries desolate as punishment, which Lamentations 1:10 shows being fulfilled as enemies enter the sanctuary.
In Ezekiel 24:21, God declares He will profane His sanctuary — the same desecration Lamentations records as having happened.
2 Kings 21:14 declares God will abandon His inheritance to enemies, explaining why the enemy enters the sanctuary in Lamentations 1:10.
Ezekiel 7:20 condemns using precious ornaments for idols — the same precious things defiled by sin, leading to judgment.
2 Kings 25:9 recounts the burning of the temple by Babylonians, the same event lamented in Lamentations 1:10 where the enemy entered the sanctuary.
2 Chronicles 12:9 recounts Shishak plundering the temple treasures — a parallel historical event of enemies taking precious things from the sanctuary.
Nehemiah 13:7 shows a foreigner (Tobiah) given a room in the temple — a parallel defilement of the sanctuary by allowing nations to enter.
Jeremiah 17:3 predicts God giving treasures as plunder because of sin — directly matching the loss of precious things here.
Psalm 74:3 laments the enemy's damage to the sanctuary — the same theme of invaders ruining the holy place.
Nehemiah 13:1 records the reading of the same law from Deuteronomy, showing its later enforcement, contrasting with the violation lamented in Lamentations.
Jeremiah 50:28 declares vengeance for the temple — a later response to the same violation of the sanctuary.
In Daniel 11:31, forces profane the temple and set up an abomination — a later historical parallel to the sanctuary invasion in Lamentations.
Isaiah 5:13 describes exile due to lack of knowledge, paralleling the judgment that allowed enemies to plunder the sanctuary.
In Zechariah 14:2, nations plunder Jerusalem — a future prophetic parallel to the enemy invasion described in Lamentations.
In Revelation 11:2, nations trample the holy city for 42 months — a future pattern of sanctuary desecration like Lamentations.