Lamentations 2:7
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Cross-reference
Lamentations 2:1 depicts God hurling down Israel's splendor — the same rejection of the temple detailed here.
Lamentations 2:5 uses the same imagery of God destroying palaces and strongholds, reinforcing the judgment scene here.
Ezekiel 7:24 prophesies the profanation of holy places by foreign nations—the fulfillment seen in God abandoning His sanctuary here.
Jeremiah 39:8 describes the Chaldeans burning the king's house and breaking walls—the very event lamented in this verse.
Jeremiah 32:29 prophesies the Chaldeans burning the city and houses—the fulfillment of which is mourned here.
Jeremiah 26:18 quotes Micah's prophecy that Zion would be plowed, a prediction now realized in this scene.
Jeremiah 26:6 similarly prophesied making the temple like Shiloh, which this verse describes as having happened.
Jeremiah 52:13 records the historical burning of the temple, the event this lament poetically describes.
Ezekiel 7:20-22 prophesied that foreigners would profane God's treasured place, exactly what is happening here.
Jeremiah 7:12-14 is the prophecy warning that God would destroy the temple like Shiloh, now fulfilled in this lament.
Ezekiel 7:21 declares God will give the temple treasures to foreigners to profane—the same plunder and desecration seen in Lamentations.
Ezekiel 7:22 says God will turn His face away, allowing robbers to profane His treasured place—echoing the abandonment in Lamentations.
Psalm 78:59-60 recalls God's rejection of Shiloh — a historical parallel to the abandonment of the temple here.
Ezekiel 24:21 foretold God profaning His sanctuary, the very act lamented in this verse.
Psalm 74:3-8 describes enemies ravaging the sanctuary and burning it—matching the destruction and desecration in Lamentations.
2 Chronicles 36:19 records the burning of God's house and palaces by Babylon—the historical event this lament describes.
Amos 2:5 prophesies fire devouring Judah's strongholds—the judgment realized in the destruction described here.
Micah 3:12 is the original prophecy that Jerusalem and the temple would become ruins, now fulfilled.
Leviticus 26:44 promises God will not completely reject them — a hope that contrasts with the abandonment seen here.
Leviticus 26:31 pronounces the covenant curse of desolate sanctuaries — the judgment now fulfilled in this verse.
Jeremiah 21:4 prophesies God delivering Jerusalem into enemy hands, exactly as Lamentations 2:7 describes.
Ezekiel 8:6 shows abominations driving God from His sanctuary, the cause of the abandonment in Lamentations 2:7.
In Daniel 11:31, enemies defile the sanctuary and set up the abomination — a parallel desecration of God's house as described here.
Leviticus 26:11 promises God's dwelling among Israel—a stark contrast to Lamentations where He abandons His sanctuary.
Jeremiah 14:21 pleads with God not to spurn His people, contrasting with Lamentations 2:7 where God spurns His sanctuary.
Jeremiah 7:14 threatens to destroy the temple like Shiloh, which Lamentations 2:7 shows coming true.
Isaiah 43:28 prophesies God profaning the sanctuary, which Lamentations 2:7 records as fulfilled.
Psalm 74:4 describes enemies roaring in the sanctuary—matching the shouting in God's house in Lamentations.
2 Kings 25:9 records the actual burning of the temple—the historical event that Lamentations 2:7 laments poetically.
2 Kings 23:27 records God's decree to cast off Jerusalem and the temple—directly fulfilled in Lamentations 2:7.
1 Kings 9:7 contains God's warning that He will cast the temple from His sight—the prophecy fulfilled in Lamentations.
Isaiah 64:11 adds the detail that the beautiful house was burned with fire, specific to temple destruction.
Jeremiah 50:28 speaks of vengeance for the temple, linking to its desecration in Lamentations 2:7.
Jeremiah 9:11 predicts Jerusalem's desolation, matching the temple's abandonment in Lamentations 2:7.
Isaiah 64:10 echoes this same scene of Jerusalem's holy cities becoming a wilderness, reinforcing the depth of desolation.
Psalm 106:40 describes God's anger and abhorrence of His people, paralleling the rejection of the sanctuary here.
Matthew 24:2 shows Jesus foretelling a future temple destruction, echoing this earlier divine judgment on the sanctuary.