Lam 2:13, 4:6-11, Dan 9:12, Mat 24:21, Luk 21:22-23, 23:28-31 | ESV | STEP | What can I say for you , to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem ? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion ? For your ruin is vast as the sea ; who can heal you?

Lamentations 2:13

13 What can I say for you, ^ato what compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
^bWhat can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
^cFor your ruin is vast as the sea;
who can heal you?

Lamentations 4:6-11

6 ^dFor the chastisement ^{▼▼Or iniquity} of the daughter of my people has been greater
than the punishment ^{▼▼Or sin} of Sodom,
^gwhich was overthrown in a moment,
and no hands were wrung for her. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
7 Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
the beauty of their form ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain} was like sapphire. ^{▼▼Hebrew lapis lazuli}
8 ^kNow their face is blacker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets;
their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become as dry as wood.
9 Happier were the victims of the sword
than the victims of hunger,
who wasted away, pierced
by lack of the fruits of the field.
10 ^lThe hands of ^mcompassionate women
ⁿhave boiled their own children;
^othey became their food
during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 ^pThe Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
he poured out his hot anger,
and ^qhe kindled a fire in Zion
that consumed its foundations.

Daniel 9:12

12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^rour rulers who ruled us, ^{▼▼Or our judges who judged us} by ^tbringing upon us a great calamity. ^uFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.

Matthew 24:21

21 For then there will be ^vgreat tribulation, ^wsuch as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

Luke 21:22-23

22 for these are ^xdays of ^yvengeance, to fulfill ^zall that is written. 23 ^aaAlas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and ^abwrath against this people.

Luke 23:28-31

28 But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, ^acthe days are coming when they will say, ^ad‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 ^aeThen they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For ^afif they do these things when ^agthe wood is green, what will happen ^ahwhen it is dry?”