Lamentations 2:5

Conservative English Version

The Lord was like an enemy! He left Israel in ruins with its palaces and fortresses destroyed, and with everyone in Judah moaning and weeping.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan burned down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

Job 13:24

Why have you turned your back and count me your enemy?

Job 19:11

and attacks with fierce anger, as though I were his enemy.

Psalm 89:40

The walls of his city have been broken through, and every fortress now lies in ruin.

Psalm 89:41

All who pass by take what they want, and nations everywhere joke about the king.

Isaiah 29:2

I will still make you suffer, and your people will cry when I make an altar of you.

Isaiah 63:10

Then the LORD's people turned against him and made his Holy Spirit sad. So he became their enemy and attacked them.

Jeremiah 15:1

The LORD said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel were here, praying with you, I wouldn't change my mind. So send the people of Judah away.

Jeremiah 21:4

(SEE 21:3)

Jeremiah 30:14

Your friends have forgotten you; they don't care anymore. Even I have acted like an enemy. And because your sins are horrible and countless, I will be cruel as I punish you.

Jeremiah 52:13

and he burned down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

Lamentations 2:2

The LORD had no mercy! He destroyed the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down every walled city in Judah; he toppled the nation together with its leaders, leaving them in shame.

Lamentations 2:4

He attacked like an enemy with a bow and arrows, killing our loved ones. He has burned to the ground the homes on Mount Zion.

Ezekiel 2:10

The hand opened the scroll, and both sides of it were filled with words of sadness, mourning, and grief.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said: If the LORD has turned away from you and is now your enemy, don't ask me what to do.