Lamentations 1:2

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 1:19 states that lovers deceived Jerusalem — directly confirming the betrayal mentioned in verse 2.

Lamentations 1:17 echoes 'there is none to comfort her' and adds that her adversaries have become the head, deepening the picture of betrayal.

Lamentations 1:16 repeats the weeping and lack of comfort, intensifying the same sorrow.

Lamentations 1:9 repeats 'she has no comforter', reinforcing the same desolate theme of abandonment and lack of solace.

Lamentations 2:19 urges pouring out the heart in prayer at night, paralleling the bitter weeping here.

Lamentations 2:18 calls for unceasing tears, echoing the night weeping and plea for comfort here.

Lamentations 2:11 continues the weeping motif with visceral distress over the city's destruction.

Jeremiah 22:20-22 warns that lovers are destroyed or taken captive — fulfilling the abandonment implied in this verse.

In Revelation 17:16, the harlot’s former allies turn on her — a direct NT echo of Jerusalem’s lovers becoming enemies here.

Micah 7:5 Parallel

Micah warns against trusting a friend or confidant — echoing the treacherous friends in Lamentations.

In Ezekiel 23:22-25, the same allegory of Jerusalem as an unfaithful wife whose former lovers become her attackers and judges.

Ezekiel 16:37 depicts lovers gathered against Jerusalem in judgment — a vivid parallel to lovers becoming enemies here.

Jeremiah 30:14 says all lovers have forgotten and care nothing for you — reinforcing the lack of comfort in Lamentations 1:2.

Job 6:15 Parallel

In Job 6:15, friends deal deceitfully like seasonal brooks — a close parallel to lovers turning treacherous, both using betrayal by trusted ones.

Jeremiah 13:17 weeps bitterly in secret for the captive flock — a parallel to the bitter tears of personified Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:1 Related theme

Jeremiah 9:1 expresses the same longing for a fountain of tears to weep day and night for the slain — directly connected to this lament.

Jeremiah 4:30 describes lovers despising and seeking the life of the desolate one — echoing the treachery of lovers here.

Isaiah 51:19 asks 'by whom shall I comfort you?' — directly echoing the lament that no comforter exists, strengthening the motif of desolation.

Psalm 77:2-6 shares the night setting and the phrase 'refuses to be comforted', mirroring Jerusalem's isolation here.

Psalm 31:11 Parallel

The psalmist describes being a reproach to neighbors and friends who flee — the same betrayal by friends seen in Lamentations.

Psalm 6:6 Parallel

Psalm 6:6 also describes weeping bitterly all night, drenching the couch with tears — a personal echo of the same intense lament.

Job 19:14 Parallel

Job laments that relatives and close friends have forgotten him — mirroring the abandonment and lack of comfort in Lamentations.

Jeremiah 6:26 Historical context

Jeremiah calls for bitter lamentation as the destroyer comes — the same context of Jerusalem's fall and mourning.

Jeremiah 38:22 describes trusted friends deceiving and turning away, directly paralleling Jerusalem's friends dealing treacherously.

God says the forsaken and hated city will become majestic — directly parallels Lamentations' forsaken state but offers reversal.

God addresses the afflicted, storm-tossed, and not comforted — the same state as Lamentations, but with a promise of restoration.

The Preacher sees oppressed people with tears and no comforter — identical to Jerusalem's weeping and lack of comfort.

Hosea 2:7 Parallel

In Hosea 2:7, the unfaithful wife pursues lovers but cannot find them, while here lovers turn hostile — different stages of the same metaphor.

Jeremiah 9:18 calls for professional wailing, mirroring Jerusalem's bitter weeping — both depict intense communal mourning.

John 11:19 Contrast

John 11:19 shows many coming to console Martha and Mary, contrasting with Jerusalem having no comforter.

Job 19:13 Parallel

Job 19:15 says even household servants count him a stranger — similar to lovers becoming enemies, but here the betrayal is from household, not lovers.

Isaiah 51:18 describes Zion without anyone to guide or support her — a parallel to the 'no comforter' theme here, though focused on children rather than lovers.