Lamentations 2:5

God's Word

The Lord became an enemy. He swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all of its palaces. He destroyed its strongholds. He made the people of Judah mourn and moan.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.

Job 13:24

Why do you hide your face ⌞from me⌟ and consider me your enemy?

Job 19:11

He is very angry at me. He considers me to be his enemy.

Psalm 89:40

You have broken through all his walls and have laid his fortified cities in ruins.

Psalm 89:41

(Everyone who passed by robbed him. He has become the object of his neighbors’ scorn.)

Isaiah 29:2

I will torment Ariel, and the city will be filled with people grieving and mourning. The city will become like Ariel.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and offended his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy; he fought against them.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me, and let them go.

Jeremiah 21:4

‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I’m going to take your weapons away from you. You are using these weapons to fight the king of Babylon as well as the Babylonians who are now blockading you outside the wall. I will bring the Babylonians inside this city.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you, and they don’t want you anymore. I’ve punished you as an enemy would. I’ve corrected you as a cruel person would. You are very wicked, and you have many sins.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor.

Lamentations 2:4

Like an enemy he bent his bow. Like an opponent his right hand held the arrow steady. He killed all the beautiful people. He poured out his fury like fire on the tent of Zion’s people.

Ezekiel 2:10

He spread the scroll in front of me. There was writing on the front and back. There were funeral songs, songs of mourning, and horrible things written on it.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “Why are you asking me when the Lord has turned against you and become your enemy?