Lamentations 2:3

Because he was extremely angry, he has caused Israel to not be powerful [MET] any more. He has refused to assist us when our enemies attacked us. He has destroyed Israel like [SIM] a raging fire destroys everything.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

In Context

2Yahweh destroyed the homes of the people of [PRS] Judah; he did not act mercifully. Because he was very angry, he broke down the fortresses of Judah. He has caused our kingdom and our rulers to become disgraced, and he has gotten rid of them.

4He bent his bow to prepare to shoot us, his people, as though we were his enemies. He prepared to kill the people whom we love the most [MET], members of our own families. He is extremely angry [MTY] with us people of Jerusalem; his anger is like [SIM] a fire.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:25I will do that because they have rejected me, and they burn incense to honor other gods. They have caused me to become very angry because of all the idols that they have made (OR, because of all the wicked things that they have done), and my anger is like a fire that will not be extinguished.

Psalms 74:11Why do you refuse to help [MTY, RHQ] us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak instead of using it to destroy our enemies [RHQ]?

Psalms 75:10He will destroy the power [IDM] of wicked people, but he will cause righteous people to become more powerful.

Psalms 89:24I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] his enemies.

Psalms 132:17There in Jerusalem I will cause one of David’s descendants [MET] to become a great king; he also will be my chosen king, and he will be like a bright lamp [MET] that shines continually.

Isaiah 42:25Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. It was as though [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand what he was trying to tell us. His being angry with us was like a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].

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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