Lamentations 5:18

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 2:9 describes gates sunk and law gone — further specifies the desolation of Zion referenced here.

Lamentations 2:8 details the Lord destroying Zion's wall — amplifies the desolation of Mount Zion mentioned here.

1 Kings 9:7 Prophetic fulfillment

1 Kings 9:7 warns Israel will become a byword and the temple cast out — this verse depicts that prophecy fulfilled in Zion's desolation.

Micah 3:12 Prophetic fulfillment

In Micah 3:12, the prophecy that Zion would be plowed and become a wooded height is vividly realized with foxes roaming the desolate mountain here.

Jeremiah 52:13 Historical context

In Jeremiah 52:13, the burning of the temple and houses is the historical destruction that left Mount Zion desolate as described here.

Jeremiah 26:9 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 26:9, the prophecy that Jerusalem would become desolate like Shiloh is fulfilled in the desolation of Mount Zion here.

In Jeremiah 9:11, God declares Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins and a lair of jackals, exactly the scene of foxes on desolate Mount Zion here.

In Isaiah 32:14, the hill and watchtower become dens for wild donkeys, directly parallel to foxes walking on the desolate Mount Zion here.

Psalm 74:3 Parallel

In Psalm 74:3, the psalmist points to perpetual ruins and destruction in the sanctuary, mirroring the desolate Mount Zion here.

1 Kings 9:8 Prophetic fulfillment

In 1 Kings 9:8, the warning that the temple would become a heap of ruins is realized here in the desolation of Mount Zion.

Isaiah 64:10 explicitly says Zion has become a wilderness and Jerusalem a desolation — directly matching the desolate Mount Zion.

Isaiah 27:10 portrays a deserted city where cattle graze — similar imagery of desolation and animals roaming like the foxes on Zion.

Jeremiah 44:2 declares Jerusalem and Judah are a desolation with no inhabitants — the same condition of Mount Zion here.

Ezekiel 5:14 prophesies Jerusalem becoming a desolation and reproach — exactly the state of Mount Zion described here.

Ezekiel 12:20 says the inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land desolate — matching the desolation of Zion here.

Daniel 9:17 Parallel

Daniel 9:17 prays for the desolate sanctuary — directly referencing the same desolation of Mount Zion and the temple.

In Leviticus 26:32, God warns of making the land desolate as a covenant curse — here that desolation is realized on Mount Zion.

Luke 21:6 Parallel

Luke 21:6 prophesies the temple's complete destruction — a later desolation echoing the earlier desolation of Mount Zion here.

Psalm 74:2 Parallel

In Psalm 74:2, the psalmist pleads for God to remember Mount Zion, echoing the same ruined sanctuary lamented here.