Lamentations 2:3 meaning and explanation

In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.

Lamentations 2:3, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the poet of Lamentations, voicing Jerusalem's grief after Babylon destroyed the city and temple in 586 BC. He describes what God has done, not what enemies have done.

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