Lamentations 2:4

New Living Translation

He bends his bow against his people, as though he were their enemy. His strength is used against them to kill their finest youth. His fury is poured out like fire on beautiful Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:21

“Go to the Temple and speak to the Lord for me and for all the remnant of Israel and Judah. Inquire about the words written in the scroll that has been found. For the Lord’s great anger has been poured out on us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the Lord. We have not been doing everything this scroll says we must do.”

2 Chronicles 34:25

For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’

Job 19:11

His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.

Job 6:4

For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. Their poison infects my spirit. God’s terrors are lined up against me.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right.

Psalm 7:13

He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows.

Isaiah 42:25

Therefore, he poured out his fury on them and destroyed them in battle. They were enveloped in flames, but they still refused to understand. They were consumed by fire, but they did not learn their lesson.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them.

Isaiah 63:6

I crushed the nations in my anger and made them stagger and fall to the ground, spilling their blood upon the earth.”

Jeremiah 10:20

My home is gone, and no one is left to help me rebuild it. My children have been taken away, and I will never see them again.

Jeremiah 21:12

This is what the Lord says to the dynasty of David: “‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.

Jeremiah 21:5

I myself will fight against you with a strong hand and a powerful arm, for I am very angry. You have made me furious!

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers—your allies—have left you and do not care about you anymore. I have wounded you cruelly, as though I were your enemy. For your sins are many, and your guilt is great.

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps even yet they will turn from their evil ways and ask the Lord’s forgiveness before it is too late. For the Lord has threatened them with his terrible anger.”

Jeremiah 4:4

O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.’

Jeremiah 7:20

So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”

Lamentations 1:13

“He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long.

Lamentations 2:5

Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel like an enemy. He has destroyed her palaces and demolished her fortresses. He has brought unending sorrow and tears upon beautiful Jerusalem.

Lamentations 3:3

He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!

Lamentations 4:11

But now the anger of the Lord is satisfied. His fierce anger has been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned the city to its foundations.

Ezekiel 13:13

“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.

Ezekiel 20:34

And in anger I will reach out with my strong hand and powerful arm, and I will bring you back from the lands where you are scattered.

Ezekiel 22:22

and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my fury on you.’”

Ezekiel 24:25

Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold—their joy and glory, their heart’s desire, their dearest treasure—I will also take away their sons and daughters.

Ezekiel 36:18

They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols, so I poured out my fury on them.

Ezekiel 5:13

Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.

Ezekiel 6:12

Disease will strike down those who are far away in exile. War will destroy those who are nearby. And anyone who survives will be killed by famine. So at last I will spend my fury on them.

Ezekiel 7:14

“The trumpet calls Israel’s army to mobilize, but no one listens, for my fury is against them all.

Leviticus 26:17

I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and rage. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and continues to rage against his enemies!

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his fierce anger? Who can survive his burning fury? His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth and all its crops and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

1 Samuel 28:16

But Samuel replied, “Why ask me, since the Lord has left you and has become your enemy?