Lamentations 4:11

Yahweh has shown that he was extremely angry; it is as though he started/ignited a fire in Jerusalem that burned everything to ashes.

Translation for Translators

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

10Women who usually/previously were very kind have killed and cooked their own children; they ate them when there was no other food, when Jerusalem was surrounded by enemy soldiers.

12None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:28I will be very angry with you, and I will oppose you, and I myself will punish you for your sins again and again.

Isaiah 51:20Your children have fainted and lie in the streets; they are as helpless as [SIM] an antelope that has been caught in a net. What has happened to them is because Yahweh has been very angry with them; he has rebuked them severely.

Jeremiah 7:20So Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with what happens at this place, I will punish these people severely [MTY]; my being very angry will be like [MET] a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, their animals, their fruit trees, and their crops.”

Jeremiah 13:14He is saying, ‘I will cause you to bash each other. Even parents will bash their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.’”

Jeremiah 15:1Then Yahweh said this to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could come back from their graves and and stand in front of me and plead with me for these Israeli people, I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. I would tell you, ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’

Jeremiah 19:3Say to them, ‘ This message is for you kings of Judah and other people of Jerusalem. Listen to what Yahweh is saying! The Commander of the armies of angels says that he will cause there to be a terrible disaster in Jerusalem. Those who hear about it will be stunned/shocked [IDM].

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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