Lamentations 4:12 meaning and explanation
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations 4:12, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the grieving community personified, looking back on Jerusalem's fall in 586 BC. Jerusalem sat on a ridge with strong walls and gates, and surrounding nations counted it secure, even impregnable, because God's temple stood there.
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