New Saint Thomas Institute Draft Lamentations Christ As Temple He has destroyed and broken her bars. her king and her princes are among the [e]nations; the law is no more, and her prophets find no [f]vision from the lord. 10 the elders of the daughter of zion sit on the ground and keep silence; [g]they throw dust on their heads and gird themselves with sackcloth. the virgins of jerusalem bow their heads to. On the tent of the daughter of zion. he has swallowed up israel. and destroyed her strongholds. for the daughter of judah. he has destroyed his place of meeting. her appointed feasts and sabbaths. he has despised both king and priest. into the hand of the enemy. as on the day of an appointed feast. the wall of the daughter of zion.
Lamentations 2 Lamentations 2 describes the devastating consequences of god's judgment on jerusalem. the city is destroyed, its people suffer, and the prophet laments over the desolation. it serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from god. Moving on to verse 2, it describes how the lord has not shown mercy to the inhabitants of jacob and has destroyed all the strongholds of the daughter of judah. this further emphasizes the extent of the destruction and the loss of security and protection that the people of jerusalem once enjoyed. 2 the lord has swallowed up and has e not pitied all the dwelling places of jacob. he has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of judah; he has brought them down to the ground; f he has profaned the kingdom and its princes. 3 he has cut off in fierce anger every 1 horn of israel; g he has drawn back his right hand from. Jeremiah looks and sees the destruction of the temple and the city. the place is destroyed and the people are devastated. god was doing this because he cared more about the people than he did.
Lamentations 2 2 The Lord Has Swallowed Up All The Habitations Of Jacob 2 the lord has swallowed up and has e not pitied all the dwelling places of jacob. he has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of judah; he has brought them down to the ground; f he has profaned the kingdom and its princes. 3 he has cut off in fierce anger every 1 horn of israel; g he has drawn back his right hand from. Jeremiah looks and sees the destruction of the temple and the city. the place is destroyed and the people are devastated. god was doing this because he cared more about the people than he did. 6 and he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. The lord became our enemy; he destroyed israel. he devastated all her palaces and ruined her strongholds. he has multiplied weeping and wailing for daughter judah. he wrecked his temple like a vineya. 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. Lamentations 2:2 22 the lord destroyed without mercy every village in judah and tore down the forts that defended the land. he brought disgrace on the kingdom and its rulers.
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