Lamentations 2:6

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 2:15 shows passersby mocking Jerusalem — the scornful result of the devastation described here.

Lamentations 1:4 similarly mourns the absence of people at the solemn feasts, reflecting the same judgment from the people's perspective.

Psalm 89:40 Parallel

Psalm 89:40 describes God breaking walls and ruining strongholds, parallel to Lamentations 2:6's destruction of the meeting place.

Isaiah 5:5 Parallel

Isaiah 5:5 has God removing the vineyard's hedge and wall to destroy it, just as Lamentations 2:6 lays waste His dwelling like a garden.

Isaiah 63:18 Related theme

Isaiah 63:18 says enemies trampled the sanctuary, while Lamentations 2:6 says God destroyed His meeting place—both refer to temple ruin.

Isaiah 64:11 laments the temple burned and ruined, directly paralleling Lamentations 2:6's destruction of the place of meeting.

Jeremiah 52:11–27 Historical context

Jeremiah 52:11-27 provides the historical account of the temple’s destruction and king’s capture that this verse laments poetically.

1 Kings 9:7 Prophetic fulfillment

In 1 Kings 9:7, God warns he will cast out the temple; here that warning is realized as God destroys his tabernacle and assembly.

Psalm 81:3 Contrast

Psalm 81:3 calls for trumpets on the feast day; here God has caused solemn feasts to be forgotten — a direct reversal of worship joy.

Isaiah 1:13 Prophetic fulfillment

In Isaiah 1:13, God rejects the solemn assemblies as iniquity; here he makes them forgotten, fulfilling that rejection in judgment.

Ezekiel 24:21 Prophetic fulfillment

Ezekiel 24:21 prophesies the desecration of the sanctuary — the very judgment now experienced in this verse.

Ezekiel 8:6 Parallel

Ezekiel 8:6 reveals the detestable acts driving God from his sanctuary — the cause behind the loss lamented here.

In Jeremiah 14:21, the people plead for God not to abhor them; here God has despised king and priest — the opposite outcome.

Jeremiah 50:28 Historical context

Jeremiah 50:28 records the cry of vengeance for the temple — a later response to the destruction mourned here.

Luke 21:6 Parallel

Luke 21:6 predicts Jerusalem's temple stones thrown down — a later destruction parallel to the one described here.