Lamentations 2:5 meaning and explanation
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
Lamentations 2:5, 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. Here he describes the Lord not as Israel's defender but "like an enemy," the one who has swallowed up the nation, its palaces and strongholds.
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