Lamentaciones 2:2

2 El Señor ha destruido sin misericordia
todas las casas en Israel.
En su enojo derribó
las murallas protectoras de la bella Jerusalén.
Las derrumbó hasta el suelo
y deshonró al reino y a sus gobernantes.

Lamentaciones 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.

Lamentaciones 2:2 In-Context

1 Enojo de Dios por el pecado
En su enojo el Señor
cubrió de sombras a la bella Jerusalén.
La más hermosa de las ciudades de Israel yace en el polvo,
derrumbada desde las alturas del cielo.
En su día de gran enojo
el Señor no mostró misericordia ni siquiera con su templo.

2 El Señor ha destruido sin misericordia
todas las casas en Israel.
En su enojo derribó
las murallas protectoras de la bella Jerusalén.
Las derrumbó hasta el suelo
y deshonró al reino y a sus gobernantes.

3 Toda la fuerza de Israel
desaparece ante su ira feroz.
El Señor ha retirado su protección
durante el ataque del enemigo.
Él consume toda la tierra de Israel
como un fuego ardiente.

4 Tensa el arco contra su pueblo
como si él fuera su enemigo.
Utiliza su fuerza contra ellos
para matar a sus mejores jóvenes.
Su furia se derrama como fuego
sobre la bella Jerusalén.

5 Así es, el Señor venció a Israel
como lo hace un enemigo.
Destruyó sus palacios
y demolió sus fortalezas.
Causó dolor y llanto interminable
sobre la bella Jerusalén.