Klagelieder 2:2

2 Der HERR hat alle Wohnungen Jakobs ohne Barmherzigkeit vertilgt; er hat die Festen der Tochter Juda abgebrochen in seinem Grimm und geschleift; er hat entweiht beide, ihr Königreich und ihre Fürsten. {~}

Klagelieder 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and
hath not pitied
As he regarded not his own habitation the temple, nor the ark his footstool, it is no wonder he should be unconcerned about the habitations of others; as of the inhabitants of the land of Judea and of Jerusalem, particularly of the king, his nobles, and the great men; these the Lord swallowed up, or suffered to be swallowed up, as houses in an earthquake, and by an inundation, so as to be seen no more; and this he did without showing the least reluctance, pity, and compassion; being so highly incensed and provoked by their sins and transgressions: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of
Judah;
not only the dwelling houses of the people, but the most fortified places, their castles, towers, and citadels: he hath brought [them] down to the ground;
and not only battered and shook them, but beat them down, and laid them level with the ground; and all this done in the fury of his wrath, being irritated to it by the sins of his people; even the daughter of Judah, or the congregation thereof, as the Targum: he hath polluted the kingdom, and the princes thereof;
what was reckoned sacred, the kingdom of the house of David, and the kings and princes of it, the Lord's anointed; these being defiled with sin, God cast them away, as filth to the dunghill, and gave them up into the hands of the Gentiles, who were reckoned unclean; and thus they were profaned. Jarchi interprets these princes of the Israelites in common, who were called a kingdom of priests; and makes mention of a Midrash, that explains them of the princes above, or of heaven.

Klagelieder 2:2 In-Context

1 Wie hat der HERR die Tochter Zion mit seinem Zorn überschüttet! Er hat die Herrlichkeit Israels vom Himmel auf die Erde geworfen; er hat nicht gedacht an seinen Fußschemel am Tage seines Zorns. {~}

2 Der HERR hat alle Wohnungen Jakobs ohne Barmherzigkeit vertilgt; er hat die Festen der Tochter Juda abgebrochen in seinem Grimm und geschleift; er hat entweiht beide, ihr Königreich und ihre Fürsten. {~}

3 Er hat alle Hörner Israels in seinem grimmigen Zorn zerbrochen; er hat seine rechte Hand hinter sich gezogen, da der Feind kam, und hat in Jakob ein Feuer angesteckt, das umher verzehrt.

4 Er hat seinen Bogen gespannt wie ein Feind; seine rechte Hand hat er geführt wie ein Widersacher und hat erwürgt alles, was lieblich anzusehen war, und seinen Grimm wie ein Feuer ausgeschüttet in der Hütte der Tochter Zion.

5 Der HERR ist gleich wie ein Feind; er hat vertilgt Israel; er hat vertilgt alle ihre Paläste und hat die Festen verderbt; er hat der Tochter Juda viel Klagens und Leides gemacht.