Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
He hath swallowed up israel
Mourning
General references
Bible References
Was
Lamentations 2:4
(Dalet) He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
Jeremiah 30:14
All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.
He hath swallowed up israel
Lamentations 2:2
(Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.
2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked God's messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
Mourning
Ezekiel 2:10
He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.
General references
Isaiah 64:10
Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
Lamentations 3:3
He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
Ezekiel 9:7
He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!" So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.