Lamentations 4:20 meaning and explanation
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
Lamentations 4:20, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the grieving community of Jerusalem, looking back on the fall of the city in 586 BC. "The LORD's anointed" most likely refers to King Zedekiah, the Davidic king whose capture is described in 2 Kings 25.
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