Lamentations 2:2
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.”Lamentations 2:2
What Does Lamentations 2:2 Mean?
Lamentations 2:2 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 2, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 2:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 21:9“Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.”Psalms 89:39“Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.”Lamentations 2:5“The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.”Lamentations 2:17“The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.”Lamentations 3:43“Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.”Nehemiah 2:17“Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.”Psalms 89:40“Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.”Isaiah 25:12“And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.”Isaiah 43:28“Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.”Psalms 56:1“Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.”Isaiah 22:5“For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.”Isaiah 26:5“For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.”Isaiah 47:6“I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.”Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”Lamentations 2:21“The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.”Ezekiel 9:10“And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.”Micah 5:11“And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:”2 Corinthians 10:4“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)”2 Samuel 20:19“I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?”Job 2:3“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
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