Yēlìmǐāigē 2:5

5 Zhǔ rú chóudí tūn miè Yǐsèliè hé Xī \'ān de yīqiè gōngdiàn , chāihuǐ bǎixìng de bǎo zhàng . zaì Yóudà mín zhōng jiā zēng bēi shāng kū hào .

Yēlìmǐāigē 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was as an enemy
Who formerly was on their side, their God and guardian, their protector and deliverer, but now against them; and a terrible thing it is to have God for an enemy, or even to be as one; this is repeated, as being exceeding distressing, and even intolerable. Mr. Broughton renders it, "the Lord is become a very enemy"; taking "caph" for a note of reality, and not of similitude; he hath swallowed up Israel;
the ten tribes, or the Jewish nation in general; as a lion, or any other savage beast, swallows its prey, and makes nothing of it, and leaves none behind: he hath swallowed up all her palaces:
the palaces of Zion or Jerusalem; the palaces of the king, princes, nobles, and great men; as an earthquake or inundation swallows up whole streets and cities at once; (See Gill on Lamentations 2:2); he hath destroyed his strong holds:
the fortified places of the land of Israel, the towers and castles: and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation;
exceeding great lamentation, for the destruction of its cities, towns, villages, and the inhabitants of them.

Yēlìmǐāigē 2:5 In-Context

3 Tā fā liè nù , bǎ Yǐsèliè de jiǎo quán rán kǎn duàn , zaì chóudí miànqián shōu huí yòushǒu . tā xiàng huǒyàn sìwéi tūn miè , jiāng Yǎgè shāo huǐ .

4 Tā zhāng gōng hǎoxiàng chóudí . tā zhàn zhe jǔqǐ yòushǒu , rútóng dírén jiāng yuè rén yǎnmù de , jǐn xíng shā lù . zaì Xī \'ān bǎixìng de zhàngpéng shǎng dǎo chū tāde fèn nù , xiàng huǒ yíyàng .

5 Zhǔ rú chóudí tūn miè Yǐsèliè hé Xī \'ān de yīqiè gōngdiàn , chāihuǐ bǎixìng de bǎo zhàng . zaì Yóudà mín zhōng jiā zēng bēi shāng kū hào .

6 Tā jiàngqǔ zìjǐ de zhàngmù , hǎoxiàng shì yuán zhōng de wō péng , huǐhuaì tāde jùhuì zhī chù . Yēhéhuá shǐ shèng jié hé ānxīrì zaì Xī \'ān dōu beì wàngjì , yòu zaì nùqì de fènhèn zhōng miǎoshì jūnwáng hé jìsī .

7 Yēhéhuá diūqì zìjǐ de jìtán , zēngwù zìjǐ de shèng suǒ , jiāng gōngdiàn de qiáng yuán jiāofù chóudí . tāmen zaì Yēhéhuá de diàn zhōng xuān nāng , xiàng zaì shèng huì zhī rì yíyàng .