Lamentations 2:7 meaning and explanation
The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
Lamentations 2:7, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the poet of Lamentations, voicing Jerusalem's grief after Babylon destroyed the temple in 586 BC. The verse's shock lies in its subject: the Lord Himself, not merely Babylon, has rejected His own altar and abandoned His sanctuary, handing the palace walls to the enemy.
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