Lamentations 2:5

New Century Version

The Lord was like an enemy; he swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed all her strongholds. He has caused more moaning and groaning for Judah.

Cross References

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord swallowed up without mercy all the houses of the people of Jacob; in his anger he pulled down the strong places of Judah. He threw her kingdom and its rulers down to the ground in dishonor.

Jeremiah 30:14

All those nations who were your friends have forgotten you. They don’t care about you. I have hurt you as an enemy would. I punished you very hard, because your guilt was so great and your sins were so many.

Lamentations 2:4

Like an enemy, he prepared to shoot his bow, and his hand was against us. Like an enemy, he killed all the good-looking people; he poured out his anger like fire on the tents of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:13

Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord, the palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every important building was burned.

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord and the palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building was burned.

Ezekiel 2:10

He opened the scroll in front of me. Funeral songs, sad writings, and words about troubles were written on the front and back.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: “I would not feel sorry for the people of Judah even if Moses and Samuel prayed for them. Send them away from me! Tell them to go!

Job 13:24

Don’t hide your face from me; don’t think of me as your enemy.

Psalm 89:40

You have torn down all his city walls; you have turned his strong cities into ruins.

Isaiah 29:2

I will attack Jerusalem, and that city will be filled with sadness and crying. It will be like an altar to me.

Jeremiah 21:4

‘Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: You have weapons of war in your hands to defend yourselves against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians, who are all around the city wall. But I will make those weapons useless. Soon I will bring them into the center of this city.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “The Lord has left you and has become your enemy. So why do you call on me?

Job 19:11

His anger burns against me, and he treats me like an enemy.

Psalm 89:41

Everyone who passes by steals from him. His neighbors insult him.

Isaiah 63:10

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So he became their enemy, and he fought against them.