Lam.2.5

Lamentations 2:5

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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.

God’s Anger over Jerusalem

Cross References

Job 13:24

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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Job Prepares His Case

Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated

Psalm 89:40

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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

I Will Sing of His Love Forever

Isaiah 29:2

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Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

Woe to David’s City

Jeremiah 9:17

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¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 21:4

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Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Jerusalem Will Fall to Babylon

Jeremiah’s Message for Zedekiah

Jeremiah 30:14

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All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

The Restoration of Israel and Judah

Deliverance from Captivity Promised

Jeremiah 52:13

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And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

The Temple Destroyed

The Fall of Jerusalem

Lamentations 2:2

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The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.