Lamentations 4:11

The Lord has accomplished his wrath; 1 He has poured out his fierce anger, 1 And has kindled a fire in Zion, 1 And it has devoured her foundations. 1

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In The King James Version

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

In Context

10The hands of tenderhearted women 1 Have sodden their own children: 1 They became meat for them 1 In the destruction of the daughter of my people. 1

12The kings of the earth, 1 Even all that dwell in the world, 1 Believed not that an enemy and oppressor would enter 1 Through the gates of Jerusalem. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:28then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you sevenfold according to your sins.

Isaiah 51:20Thy sons are the perplexed ones, that sleep at the top of every street as a half-boiled beet; they that are full of the anger of the Lord, caused to faint by the Lord God.

Jeremiah 7:20Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, my anger and wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon every tree of their field, and upon the fruits of the land; and it shall burn, and not be quenched.

Jeremiah 13:14And I will scatter them a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together: I will not have compassion, saith the Lord, and I will not spare, neither will I pity to save them from destruction.

Jeremiah 15:1And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before my face, my soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth.

Jeremiah 19:3and thou shalt say to them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and men of Judah, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and they that enter in by these gates; thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, so that the ears of everyone that hears it shall tingle.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:2-13

Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches… Read the whole commentary →

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