Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
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Cross references
- Isaiah 1:7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you — a desolation demolished by strangers.
- Zephaniah 1:13 Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
- Deuteronomy 28:30–32 You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you. Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.