Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. 1 He has given over the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. 1 They have raised a shout in the house of Yahweh, as on the day of an appointed feast. 1

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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 attacked his tabernacle like a garden hut. He has destroyed the place of the solemn assembly. 1 Yahweh has caused both solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, 1 for he has despised both king and priest in the indignation of his anger. 1

8Yahweh decided to destroy the city wall of the daughter of Zion. 1 He has stretched out the measuring line and has not withheld his hand from destroying the wall. 1 He has made the ramparts and wall to lament; together they wasted away. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:31I will turn your cities into ruins and destroy your sanctuaries. I will not be pleased with the aroma of your offerings.

2 Kings 25:9He burned the house of Yahweh, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; also every important building in the city he burned.

Psalms 72:4May he judge the poor of the people; 1 may he save the children of the needy 1 and break in pieces the oppressor. 1

Psalms 74:4Your adversaries roared in the middle of your appointed place; 1 they set up their battle flags. 1

Isaiah 64:9Be not too angry, Yahweh, nor always call to mind against us our sins. 1 Please look at us all, your people. 1

Jeremiah 4:26I looked. Behold, the orchards were a wilderness and all the cities had been pulled down before Yahweh, before the fury of his wrath.”

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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