Jer 48:17, Lam 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, Rev 18:9-10, 15-16 | ESV | STEP | Grieve for him, all you who are around him, and all who know his name ; say , How the mighty scepter is broken , the glorious staff .

Jeremiah 48:17

17 ^aGrieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, ^b‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’

Lamentations 1:1

How Lonely Sits the City

1 ^cHow lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like ^da widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was ^ea princess among the provinces
has become ^fa slave.

Lamentations 2:1

The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity

1 How the Lord in his anger
has set the daughter of Zion ^gunder a cloud!
^hHe has cast down from heaven to earth
the splendor of Israel;
he has not remembered ⁱhis footstool
in the day of his anger.

Lamentations 4:1

The Holy Stones Lie Scattered

1 ^jHow the gold has grown dim,
how the pure gold is changed!
The holy stones lie scattered
^kat the head of every street.

Revelation of John 18:9-10

9 And ^lthe kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, ^mwill weep and wail over her ⁿwhen they see the smoke of her burning. 10 ^oThey will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

“Alas! Alas! ^pYou great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For ^qin a single hour your judgment has come.”

Revelation of John 18:15-16

15 ^rThe merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, ^swill stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
^tthat was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!