Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has discarded his altar; he has abandoned his Temple. He has handed it over to the enemy. They were shouting triumphantly in the Lord's Temple just as worshipers did on festival days.

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In The King James Version

The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

In Context

6He has torn down his Temple as if was a garden shed; he has destroyed his meeting place. The Lord has made Zion forget about her religious festivals and Sabbaths. In his fury he has disowned both king and priest.

8The Lord was determined to destroy the defensive walls of the Daughter of Zion. He measured out what he would destroy, and didn't hesitate to do it. He made the battlements and walls weep; they both disintegrated.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:31I will demolish your towns and destroy your pagan sanctuaries, and I will refuse to accept your sacrifices.

2 Kings 25:9He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.

Psalms 72:4May he defend the poor and save their children, may he crush those who oppress them.

Psalms 74:4The enemy shouted in triumph right where you met with us. There they set up their war banners as signs of their victory.

Isaiah 64:9Please limit your anger, Lord, and don't remember our sins forever. Look at us, and see that we are all your people.

Jeremiah 4:26I looked, and the productive fields were a desert. All the towns were demolished because of the Lord's furious anger.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:2-10

Cause, Extent, and Greatness of Zion's Calamities. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 3 He… Read the whole commentary →

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