Lamentations 5:1
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Cross-reference
In Lamentations 3:61, the speaker acknowledges God heard their taunts — reinforcing Lamentations 5:1's plea.
Lamentations 3:19 starts with 'Remember my affliction,' directly paralleling the opening plea of Lamentations 5:1 to remember the people's disgrace.
Lamentations 2:20 begs God to 'look and consider' the horror, reinforcing the repeated theme in Lamentations of calling God to witness suffering.
In Lamentations 2:15, the mockery of Jerusalem is described — the very disgrace Lamentations 5:1 asks God to see.
Lamentations 1:20 also cries 'See, O LORD' in distress, using the same urgent plea for divine attention that Lamentations 5:1 opens with.
In Lamentations 3:50, hope rests on God looking down from heaven — the same desire for divine attention expressed here, from within the same book.
Psalm 89:51 continues with enemies taunting God's anointed, reinforcing Lamentations' focus on public disgrace.
In Luke 23:42, the crucified thief asks Jesus, 'Remember me' — a direct NT echo of Lamentations' cry.
In Jeremiah 15:15, Jeremiah pleads 'Remember me' for vengeance — echoing Lamentations' cry for God to see their disgrace.
Psalm 89:50 begins 'Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked', closely paralleling Lamentations' opening plea.
Psalm 79:4 directly states 'We have become a taunt to our neighbors', matching Lamentations' theme of disgrace before enemies.
In Nehemiah 4:4, Nehemiah prays 'Hear, for we are despised' — echoing Lamentations 5:1's cry.
In Psalm 44:13, the psalmist laments being a byword and laughingstock — the same disgrace Lamentations 5:1 asks God to see.
In Psalm 42:9, the writer feels forgotten by God, contrasting this verse's plea for remembrance. One laments forgetfulness, the other asks to be remembered.
In Psalm 25:18, the plea 'Look on my affliction' directly mirrors the request to see disgrace here. Both ask God to notice suffering.
In Psalm 31:7, the psalmist rejoices that God 'saw my affliction' — affirming the same kind of divine attention this verse begs for.
In Jeremiah 51:51, 'we are disgraced' because foreigners entered the temple — specifying the same national shame this verse asks God to see.
In Psalm 119:153, the cry 'Look on my suffering and deliver me' closely echoes this verse's request to see disgrace, adding a plea for rescue.
In Micah 6:16, disobedience leads to 'scorn of the nations' — the disgrace behind this plea, showing the cause of the suffering.
Psalm 123:3 cries 'Have mercy... for we have had enough of contempt', similar to Lamentations' request for God to see their shame.
Psalm 123:4 describes being filled with the scorn of the proud, matching Lamentations' complaint of disgrace from enemies.
In Psalm 132:1, David's self-denial is remembered by God — similar to this verse's call to remember suffering, though focused on an individual's humility.
Psalm 74:10 also asks 'How long' over the foe scoffing, echoing Lamentations' plea for God to see their disgrace.
In Nehemiah 1:3, the report of broken walls and shame describes the disgrace Lamentations 5:1 laments.
In Psalm 89:41, the king becomes 'the scorn of his neighbors' — the same kind of public disgrace this verse asks God to see.
Psalm 13:3 asks 'Consider and answer me... light up my eyes', paralleling Lamentations' cry for God to look and remember.
Job 10:15 says 'I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction', echoing Lamentations' plea for God to behold their shame.
In Job 10:9, Job asks God to remember his clay origins — both appeal to God's memory of human frailty.
In Job 7:7, Job begs God to remember his fleeting life — both cry for divine attention amid suffering.
Psalm 79:12 prays for God to repay taunts sevenfold, extending Lamentations' appeal for God to see their reproach.