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The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations 2:5 — KJV
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Lamentations 2:5
King James Version (KJV)
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Lamentations 2:5
Verse 5 of 22
Commentary
Commentary on Lamentations 2:5
Theological / DevotionalHer palaces. Verses 5-8 portray the progressive steps in the destruction of the city: the palaces and forts, the Temple, the altar, and the walls. Four weeks after the capture of Jerusalem the Babylonian commander, Nebuzar-adan, had burned the Temple, the royal palace, the leading residences, and broken down the walls (Jer. 52:12-14).
His strong holds. Literally, “fortifications.” The variation in gender here probably is the result of thinking of the palaces as belonging to Jerusalem, “the daughter of Judah,” while the fortified cities (including Jerusalem herself) belong to the country, Israel.
Mourning and lamentation. Heb. ta’aniyyah wa’aniyyah. These synonymous words, both from the Hebrew verb ’anah, “to mourn,” are very effective poetically (see Jewish Publication Society Version, “mourning and moaning”). The same Hebrew words are also used in Isa. 29:2.
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