Lamentations 2:5

5 1The Lord has become like an enemy; 2he has swallowed up Israel; 3he has swallowed up all its palaces; he has laid in ruins its strongholds, and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah 4mourning and lamentation.

Lamentations 2:5 In-Context

3 He has cut down in fierce anger all the might of Israel; he has withdrawn from them his right hand in the face of the enemy; he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob, consuming all around.
4 He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.
5 The Lord has become like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all its palaces; he has laid in ruins its strongholds, and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 He has laid waste his booth like a garden, laid in ruins his meeting place; the LORD has made Zion forget festival and Sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.
7 The Lord has scorned his altar, disowned his sanctuary; he has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they raised a clamor in the house of the LORD as on the day of festival.

Cross References 4

  • 1. [See ver. 4 above]
  • 2. ver. 16; [Psalms 35:25; Psalms 56:2; Ezekiel 36:3]
  • 3. [2 Kings 25:9]
  • 4. Isaiah 29:2
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