Lamentations 2:17

17 The LORD has done what he purposed; he has carried out 1his word, which he commanded 2long ago; 3he has thrown down 4without pity; 5he has made the enemy rejoice over you and exalted the 6might of your foes.

Lamentations 2:17 In-Context

15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"
16 All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: "We have swallowed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!"
17 The LORD has done what he purposed; he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago; he has thrown down without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice over you and exalted the might of your foes.
18 Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears stream down like a torrent day and night! Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite!
19 "Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."

Cross References 6

  • 1. See Leviticus 26:14-45; Deuteronomy 28:15-68
  • 2. Lamentations 1:7; Jeremiah 46:26
  • 3. See ver. 2
  • 4. ver. 2, 21
  • 5. [Psalms 38:16; Psalms 89:42]
  • 6. [ver. 3]
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