Lamentations 2:5

ה HeThe Lord is like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all its palaces
and destroyed its fortified cities.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
within Daughter Judah.

Lamentations 2:2

ב BetWithout compassion the Lord has swallowed up
all the dwellings of Jacob.
In His wrath He has demolished
the fortified cities of Daughter Judah.
He brought them to the ground
and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you;
they no longer look for you,
for I have struck you as an enemy would,
with the discipline of someone cruel,
because of your enormous guilt
and your innumerable sins.

2 Kings 25:9

He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.

Lamentations 2:4

ד DaletHe has bent His bow like an enemy;
His right hand is positioned like an adversary.
He has killed everyone who was loved,
pouring out His wrath like fire
on the tent of Daughter Zion.

2 Chronicles 36:16-17

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

Jeremiah 9:17-20

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

Ezekiel 2:10

When He unrolled it before me, it was written on the front and back; words of lamentation, mourning, and woe were written on it.

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Summary

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Mourning

Bible References

Was

Lamentations 2:4
ד DaletHe has bent His bow like an enemy;
His right hand is positioned like an adversary.
He has killed everyone who was loved,
pouring out His wrath like fire
on the tent of Daughter Zion.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you;
they no longer look for you,
for I have struck you as an enemy would,
with the discipline of someone cruel,
because of your enormous guilt
and your innumerable sins.

He hath swallowed up israel

Lamentations 2:2
ב BetWithout compassion the Lord has swallowed up
all the dwellings of Jacob.
In His wrath He has demolished
the fortified cities of Daughter Judah.
He brought them to the ground
and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.
2 Kings 25:9
He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.

Mourning

Ezekiel 2:10
When He unrolled it before me, it was written on the front and back; words of lamentation, mourning, and woe were written on it.

General references

Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Lamentations 3:3
Yes, He repeatedly turns His hand
against me all day long.
Ezekiel 9:7
Then He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!” So they went out killing people in the city.

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