Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 28:30–68 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 28:30-68 lists the same covenant curse: foreigners taking houses and inheritance, now realized in Lamentations.

Psalm 79:1 Parallel

Psalm 79:1 laments the same invasion: nations entering God's inheritance and defiling the temple.

Isaiah 1:7 Parallel

Isaiah 1:7 depicts the land desolate, devoured by foreigners—identical situation to this verse.

Isaiah 63:18 bemoans adversaries trampling the sanctuary, paralleling the loss of inheritance here.

Jeremiah 6:12 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 6:12 prophesies houses turned over to others, directly matching this fulfillment.

Ezekiel 7:21 Prophetic fulfillment

Ezekiel 7:21 foretells giving plunder to foreigners, echoing the inheritance taken away.

Ezekiel 7:24 Prophetic fulfillment

Ezekiel 7:24 says the worst nations will take possession of their houses—clear prophecy of this.

Zephaniah 1:13 Prophetic fulfillment

Zephaniah 1:13 warns of houses laid waste and not inhabited, the same curse fulfilled here.

Deuteronomy 28:48 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 28:48 describes the covenant curse of serving enemies and losing possessions — exactly the displacement lamented here.

Jeremiah 9:19 laments leaving the land and ruined houses — a parallel cry of loss and exile.