Lamentations 2:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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 burnt 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 30:14

Your friends have forgotten you; they don't care any more. Even I have acted like an enemy. And because your sins are horrible and countless, I will be cruel as I punish you. So don't bother to cry out for relief from your pain.

Jeremiah 52:13

and he burnt 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 burnt 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.