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Lamentations 2:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Lamentations 2:4

Verse 4 of 22

Scripture focus

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

Lamentations 2:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Lamentations 2:4

Theological / Devotional

Like an enemy. The prophet could not go so far as to say that the Lord was Judah’s enemy, for He was not. While using the enemies of the Jews to punish them, God seemed to them as an enemy, yet His judgments were poured out that His people might return to Him.

His right hand. See on v. 3. Now God’s right hand not only has ceased to protect the people of Judah, but also is portrayed as being actively turned against them.

In the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion. The traditional Hebrew punctuation indicates that this phrase belongs at the end of the verse.

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