Lamentations 2:5

The Passion Translation

The Lord became our enemy; he destroyed Israel. He devastated all her palaces and ruined her strongholds. He has multiplied weeping and wailing for Daughter Judah.

Cross References

Psalm 89:40

You have torn down all my walls of defense and have made my every hiding place into ruins.

Psalm 89:41

All the passersby attack and rob me while my neighbors mock!

Isaiah 29:2

I will bring distress to Ariel and there will be great mourning. Jerusalem will be to me as the meaning of the name Ariel—a burning altar hearth.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. Only then did he turn against them. He became their enemy and fought against them.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then Yahweh said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me to intercede for these people, I would not turn my heart back to them. Send them away from me and make them go.

Jeremiah 21:4

‘Here is what Yahweh, the God of Israel says to King Zedekiah: Behold! I am going to take the weapons your troops are using to fight the Babylonians who are outside the city, and I will gather them together there.

Jeremiah 30:14

All those ‘lovers’ you had have abandoned you; they could not care less. Yes, I struck you with cruel punishment because of your great guilt and countless sins. I struck you mercilessly like you were my enemy.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the temple of Yahweh, the royal palace, and all the homes of the wealthy of Jerusalem, and other buildings went up in flames.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord has swallowed up without mercy all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his fury, he tore down the fortresses of Daughter Judah. He threw to the ground and brought disgrace to the kingdom of Judah and her leaders.

Lamentations 2:4

He bent his bow like an enemy and clenched his fist like a foe. Like an enemy, he slaughtered all his pride and joy. He poured out his fury like fire on the temple of beloved Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 2:10

He unrolled it in front of me with writing on both sides. On it was written “Lament, Mourning, and Cries of Doom.”