Lamentations 2:1 meaning and explanation

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.

Lamentations 2:1, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the poet of Lamentations, voicing Jerusalem's grief after the Babylonians destroyed the city and temple in 586 BC. "Daughter of Zion" personifies the city and its people.

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