Lamentations 2:5

New English Translation

The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament. ו (Vav)

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

Job 13:24

Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

Job 19:11

Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

Psalm 89:40

You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

Psalm 89:41

All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

Isaiah 29:2

I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth before me.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and offended his holy Spirit, so he turned into an enemy and fought against them.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

Jeremiah 21:4

that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘The forces at your disposal are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. ג (Gimel)

Lamentations 2:4

He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. ה (He)

Ezekiel 2:10

He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?