Lamentations 2
Overview
2:1 Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem;
2:20 He complains thereof to God. Verse 1 How Lamentations 1:1, 4:1 covered 3:43, 3:44; Ezekiel 30:18, 32:7, 32:8; Joel 2:2 and cast Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:14-16; Matthew 11:23; Luke 10:15, 10:18; Revelation 12:7-9 the beauty 1 Samuel 4:21; 2 Samuel 1:19; Isaiah 64:11; Ezekiel 7:20-22, 24:21 his footstool 1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalm 99:5, 132:7 Reciprocal Isaiah 1:8 - daughter; 5:25 - the anger; Jeremiah 6:2 - daughter; 12:7 - I have given; 48:39 - How is it; Lamentations 1:6 - all; 1:17 - commanded; 2:7 - cast off; 2:17 - he hath thrown; 3:2 - brought; 3:47 - desolation; 5:16 - woe; Zephaniah 2:15 - how is Verse 2 swallowed Lamentations 2:17, 2:21, 3:43; Job 2:3 *marg. Psalm 21:9; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 13:14, 21:7; Ezekiel 5:11, 7:4, 7:9, 8:18, 9:10; Zechariah 11:5, 11:6; Matthew 18:33 he hath thrown Lamentations 2:5, 2:17; Jeremiah 5:10; Micah 5:11, 5:12; Malachi 1:4; 2 Corinthians 10:4 brought them down toHeb. made to touch, Isaiah 25:12, 26:5; Psalm 89:39 polluted 89:39, 89:40; Isaiah 23:9 *marg. 43:28, 47:6 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 20:19 - swallow; Nehemiah 2:17 - Ye see; Psalm 56:1 - swallow; Isaiah 22:5 - breaking; Jeremiah 5:17 - they shall impoverish; 9:11 - the cities; 39:8 - burned; Lamentations 2:8 - destroying; Ezekiel 36:3 - swallowed; Hosea 8:8 - swallowed Verse 3 the horn Job 16:15; Psalm 75:5, 75:10, 89:24, 132:17; Jeremiah 48:25; Luke 1:69 he hath Psalm 74:11 he burned Deuteronomy 32:22; Psalm 79:5, 89:46; Isaiah 1:31, 42:25; Jeremiah 4:4, 7:20; Malachi 4:1; Luke 3:17 Reciprocal Isaiah 52:5 - make; Jeremiah 21:12 - lest; Lamentations 1:13 - above; Zechariah 1:2 - Lord Verse 4 bent Lamentations 2:5, 3:3, 3:12, 3:13; Job 6:4, 16:12-14; Isaiah 63:10; Jeremiah 21:5, 30:14 that were pleasant to the eyeHeb. the desirable of the eye, Ezekiel 24:25 he poured Lamentations 4:1; 2 Chronicles 34:21, 34:25; Isaiah 42:25, 51:17-20, 63:6; Jeremiah 4:4, 7:20; 21:5, 21:12, 36:7; Ezekiel 5:13, 6:12, 22:22, 36:18; Nahum 1:2, 1:6 Reciprocal Numbers 22:22 - stood; Isaiah 28:7 - err in; 64:10 - General; Jeremiah 6:12 - I will; 10:20 - tabernacle; 42:18 - As mine; Lamentations 1:13 - above; Ezekiel 7:8 - pour; 9:7 - General; 20:33 - surely; Habakkuk 3:9 - bow Verse 5 was Lamentations 2:4; Jeremiah 15:1, 30:14 he hath swallowed up Israel Lamentations 2:2; 2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chronicles 36:16, 36:17; Jeremiah 52:13 mourning Ezekiel 2:10 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 32:42 - revenges; 32:43 - avenge; 1 Samuel 28:16 - and is become; 2 Samuel 20:19 - swallow; Job 5:5 - swalloweth; 13:24 - holdest me; 19:10 - destroyed; 19:11 - he counteth; Psalm 56:1 - swallow; 89:40 - brought; Proverbs 1:12 - swallow; Isaiah 27:10 - the defenced; 63:10 - he was; Jeremiah 6:12 - I will; 21:4 - and I; 21:5 - I; Lamentations 2:7 - given up; 2:8 - destroying; Ezekiel 5:8 - even I; 36:3 - swallowed; Hosea 8:8 - swallowed; Amos 6:8 - and hate Verse 6 he hath violently"He hath destroyed the temple, as if it had been no better than a cottage erected in a garden, while the fruit is gathering, and then removed, or suffered to decay." Psalm 80:12, 89:40; Isaiah 5:5, 63:18, 64:11 tabernacleor, hedgeas if 1:8 caused Lamentations 1:4; Zephaniah 3:18 the king Lamentations 4:16, 4:20, 5:12; Isaiah 43:28; Jeremiah 52:11-27; Ezekiel 12:12, 12:13, 17:18; Malachi 2:9 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 32:19 - abhorred them; 1 Kings 9:7 - this house; Job 19:10 - destroyed; 27:18 - as a booth; Psalm 53:5 - because; 81:3 - solemn; Isaiah 1:13 - the new; Jeremiah 4:20 - suddenly; 14:21 - disgrace; 50:28 - vengeance of his; Lamentations 2:15 - Is this; Ezekiel 8:6 - that I; 24:21 - I will; Matthew 25:29 - shall be taken; Luke 21:6 - there Verse 7 cast off Lamentations 2:1; Leviticus 26:31, 26:44; Psalm 78:59-61; Isaiah 64:10, 64:11; Jeremiah 7:12-14, 26:6, 26:18; 52:13; Ezekiel 7:20-22, 24:21; Micah 3:12; Matthew 24:2; Acts 6:13, 6:14 given upHeb. shut up, Lamentations 2:5; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 32:29, 33:3, 33:4, 39:8; Ezekiel 7:24; Amos 2:5 they have Psalm 72:4-20, 74:3-8; Ezekiel 7:21, 7:22 Reciprocal Leviticus 26:11 - abhor; 1 Kings 9:7 - this house; 2 Kings 23:27 - out of my sight; 25:9 - he burnt; Psalm 74:4 - Thine; 89:38 - and; 106:40 - his own; Isaiah 43:28 - I have; Jeremiah 7:14 - as; 9:11 - the cities; 14:21 - not abhor; 21:4 - and I; 50:28 - vengeance of his; Lamentations 1:4 - ways; Ezekiel 8:6 - that I; 23:18 - then; Daniel 11:31 - they shall pollute; Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful; Haggai 1:4 - and Verse 8 purposed Lamentations 2:17; Isaiah 5:5; Jeremiah 5:10 stretched 2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 28:17, 34:11; Amos 7:7, 7:8 he hath not Job 13:21; Ezekiel 20:22 destroyingHeb. swallowing up, Lamentations 2:2, 2:5 he made Isaiah 3:26; Jeremiah 14:2 Reciprocal Nehemiah 2:17 - Ye see; Psalm 147:13 - he hath; Jeremiah 6:12 - I will; 9:11 - the cities; Lamentations 2:18 - O wall; 4:11 - Lord; 5:18 - of the Verse 9 gates Nehemiah 1:3; Jeremiah 39:2, 39:8, 51:30, 52:14 her king Lamentations 1:3, 4:15, 4:20; Deuteronomy 28:36; 2 Kings 24:12-16, 25:7; Jeremiah 52:8, 52:9; Ezekiel 12:13; 17:20 the law 2 Chronicles 15:3; Ezekiel 7:26; Hosea 3:4 her prophets Psalm 74:9; Amos 8:11, 8:12; Micah 3:6, 3:7 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 28:6 - inquired; Nehemiah 2:3 - the city; 2:17 - Ye see; Psalm 147:13 - he hath; Isaiah 24:12 - General; Jeremiah 14:2 - they; Lamentations 1:4 - all her gates; 5:18 - of the; Ezekiel 3:26 - and shalt; Amos 1:5 - break Verse 10 elders Lamentations 4:5, 4:16, 5:12, 5:14; Job 2:13; Isaiah 3:26, 47:1, 47:5 sitSitting on the ground was a posture of mourning and deep distress. Hence the coin struck by Vespasian, on the capture of Jerusalem, has on the obverse side a palm tree, the emblem of Judea, and under it a woman, the emblem of Jerusalem, sitting down, with her elbow on her knee, and her head supported by her hand, with the legend Judea capta. Lamentations 1:1 and keep 3:28; Jeremiah 8:14; Amos 5:13, 8:3 cast up Joshua 7:6; 2 Samuel 13:19; Job 2:12; Revelation 18:19 they have girded Isaiah 15:3, 36:22; Ezekiel 7:18, 27:31; Joel 1:8 the virgins Lamentations 1:4; Amos 8:13 Reciprocal Psalm 137:1 - the rivers; Isaiah 3:24 - a girding; Jeremiah 13:18 - sit; Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth; Ezekiel 26:16 - sit; 27:30 - cast; Revelation 11:3 - clothed Verse 11 eyes Lamentations 1:16, 3:48-51; 1 Samuel 30:4; Psalm 6:7, 31:9, 69:3; Isaiah 38:14 my bowels Lamentations 1:20; Jeremiah 4:19 my liver Job 16:13; Psalm 22:14 for Lamentations 4:10; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 8:19-22, 9:1, 14:17 because Lamentations 2:19, 2:20, 4:3, 4:4, 4:9, 4:10; Luke 23:29 swoonor, faintReciprocal Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city; 28:18 - the fruit of thy body; 28:32 - fail; 1 Samuel 7:6 - drew water; Job 30:27 - General; Psalm 6:6 - I water; 38:10 - the light; 137:1 - we wept; Isaiah 32:12 - lament; 51:20 - sons; Jeremiah 4:11 - daughter; 6:26 - daughter; 9:10 - the mountains; 9:18 - our eyes; 10:19 - Woe; 37:21 - until; 44:7 - child; 51:22 - General; Lamentations 1:4 - her priests; 5:17 - our eyes; Ezekiel 13:22 - with lies; 16:5 - eye Verse 12 as the Ezekiel 30:24 soul Isaiah 53:12 Reciprocal Genesis 35:18 - her soul; Deuteronomy 28:18 - the fruit of thy body; Isaiah 51:20 - sons; Jeremiah 37:21 - until; Lamentations 1:11 - seek; 2:19 - that faint; 4:4 - the young; Luke 10:30 - wounded; John 1:18 - in the Verse 13 shall I take Lamentations 1:12; Daniel 9:12 for 2 Samuel 5:20; Psalm 60:2; Jeremiah 14:17; Ezekiel 26:3, 26:4 who can Jeremiah 8:22, 30:12-15, 51:8, 51:9 Reciprocal 2 Kings 19:21 - The virgin; Isaiah 3:7 - healer; 30:26 - bindeth; 37:22 - The virgin; Jeremiah 6:2 - daughter; 14:19 - no healing; 30:7 - so; 31:4 - O; Lamentations 1:9 - she had; Ezekiel 13:5 - gaps; 27:32 - What city; 32:31 - shall be; Amos 5:2 - virgin; Nahum 3:7 - who; Matthew 11:16 - whereunto; Mark 4:30 - General; 13:19 - in those; Luke 7:31 - Whereunto; 13:18 - Unto; John 11:19 - to comfort Verse 14 prophets Isaiah 9:15, 9:16; Jeremiah 2:8, 5:31, 6:13, 6:14, 8:10, 8:11, 14:13-15, 23:11-17; 27:14-16, 28:15, 29:8, 29:9, 37:19; Ezekiel 13:2-16; Micah 2:11, 3:5-7; 2 Peter 2:1-3 they have Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 23:22; Ezekiel 13:22 false Jeremiah 23:14-17, 23:31, 23:32, 27:9, 27:10; Ezekiel 22:25, 22:28; Micah 3:5; Zephaniah 3:4 Reciprocal Jeremiah 14:14 - and the; 20:6 - thy friends; 23:17 - Ye; 28:13 - Thou hast; 29:21 - which; Lamentations 4:13 - the sins; Ezekiel 12:24 - General; 13:3 - foolish; 13:5 - gaps; 13:6 - have seen; 13:12 - Where; 21:29 - to bring; Hosea 9:7 - the prophet; 9:8 - but; Zechariah 10:2 - the diviners; 11:15 - a foolish; 12:1 - burden; Ephesians 5:13 - reproved Verse 15 The that pass Deuteronomy 29:22-28; 1 Kings 9:7-9; 2 Chronicles 7:21; Jeremiah 18:16 byHeb. by the wayclap Lamentations 1:8; Job 27:22, 27:23; Ezekiel 25:6; Nahum 3:19 they Lamentations 2:16; Jeremiah 19:8, 25:9, 25:18, 29:18, 51:37; Micah 6:16; Zephaniah 2:15 wag 2 Kings 19:21; Psalm 22:7, 44:14, 44:15; Isaiah 37:22; Jeremiah 18:16; Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:29 Is this Lamentations 2:6; Psalm 48:2, 50:2; Isaiah 64:11 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 28:45 - Moreover; 29:24 - General; Ruth 1:19 - Is this Naomi; 1 Samuel 4:18 - when he made; 2 Chronicles 7:20 - a proverb; Job 16:4 - shake mine; Psalm 30:1 - hast not; 79:4 - become; 137:3 - For there; Song of Songs 6:4 - comely; Isaiah 28:21 - his strange; 57:4 - draw; Jeremiah 15:5 - For who; 22:8 - General; 24:9 - to be a; 30:17 - they; 33:24 - thus; 40:2 - The Lord; 44:8 - a curse; 44:22 - your land; 48:27 - was not; 49:17 - shall hiss; 50:11 - ye were; 50:13 - every; 51:51 - are confounded; Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries; 1:21 - they are; 3:45 - as; 5:1 - behold; Ezekiel 5:8 - in the; 5:14 - I will; 13:12 - Where; 16:13 - and thou didst; 16:14 - thy renown; 22:4 - have I; 23:32 - thou shalt be; 27:36 - hiss; 36:3 - and ye; 39:23 - the heathen; Daniel 9:13 - As it is; 9:16 - Jerusalem; Micah 4:11 - many; Habakkuk 1:15 - therefore; Zechariah 8:13 - a curse; Romans 2:24 - the name Verse 16 thine Lamentations 3:46; Job 16:9, 16:10; Psalm 22:13, 35:21, 109:2 gnash 35:16, 37:12, 112:10; Acts 7:54 We have swallowed Psalm 56:2, 57:3, 124:3; Isaiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:7, 50:17, 51:34; Ezekiel 25:3, 25:6, 25:15; 36:3; Hosea 8:8; Zephaniah 2:8-10 we have seen Psalm 35:21, 41:8; Obadiah 1:12-16 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 20:19 - swallow; 1 Kings 9:7 - and Israel; 9:9 - Because; 2 Chronicles 7:20 - a proverb; 7:22 - Because they forsook; Job 5:5 - swalloweth; 20:18 - swallow; Psalm 35:25 - We have; 56:1 - swallow; 74:23 - tumult; 79:4 - become; 137:3 - For there; Proverbs 1:12 - swallow; Isaiah 57:4 - draw; Jeremiah 15:5 - For who; 18:16 - a perpetual; 19:8 - General; 29:18 - to be a curse; 33:24 - thus; 44:8 - a curse; 44:22 - your land; 49:17 - shall hiss; 50:11 - ye were; 50:13 - every; 51:37 - an hissing; Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries; 2:15 - they; Ezekiel 20:48 - General; 22:4 - have I; 23:32 - thou shalt be; 24:10 - spice; Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem; Micah 4:11 - many; Habakkuk 1:15 - therefore; Zechariah 8:13 - a curse; Romans 2:24 - the name Verse 17 done Lamentations 2:8; Leviticus 26:14-46; Deuteronomy 28:15-68, 29:18-23, 31:16, 31:17, 32:15-27; Jeremiah 18:11; Micah 2:3 he hath thrown Lamentations 2:1, 2:2; Ezekiel 5:11, 7:8, 7:9, 8:18, 9:10 he hath caused Lamentations 1:5; Deuteronomy 28:43, 28:44; Psalm 38:16, 89:42 Reciprocal Genesis 42:28 - What is; 1 Kings 9:9 - Because; 2 Chronicles 7:22 - Because they forsook; Nehemiah 9:30 - therefore; Jeremiah 51:12 - the Lord hath both; Lamentations 1:17 - commanded; 2:21 - thou hast killed; 3:43 - thou hast slain; 4:11 - Lord; Ezekiel 12:25 - I will; 20:48 - General; Daniel 9:12 - confirmed; Zechariah 1:6 - Like; 1:21 - which Verse 18 heart Psalm 119:145; Isaiah 26:16, 26:17; Hosea 7:14 O wall Lamentations 2:8; Habakkuk 2:11 let tears Lamentations 1:2, 1:16, 3:48, 3:49; Psalm 119:136; Jeremiah 4:31, 9:1, 9:17, 9:18, 13:17, 14:17 the appleBath ayin which sometimes means the pupil of the eye, seems here to denote tears, the produce of the eye; and therefore elegantly termed the daughter of the eye.Reciprocal 1 Samuel 7:6 - drew water; Psalm 6:6 - I water; 137:1 - we wept; Ezekiel 24:16 - thy tears Verse 19 cry out Psalm 42:8, 62:8, 119:55, 119:147, 119:148; Isaiah 26:9; Mark 1:35; Luke 6:12 watches Judges 7:19; Matthew 14:25; Mark 13:35 pour 1 Samuel 1:15, 7:6; Job 3:24; Psalm 62:8, 142:2 lift up 28:2, 63:4, 134:2, 141:2; 1 Timothy 2:8 that faint Lamentations 2:11, 2:12, 4:1-9; Isaiah 51:20; Ezekiel 5:10, 5:16; Nahum 3:10 Reciprocal Genesis 47:13 - so that; Deuteronomy 32:25 - destroy; 2 Samuel 23:16 - poured it; Psalm 6:6 - I water; 63:6 - General; 107:5 - General; Isaiah 26:16 - in trouble; Jeremiah 9:1 - General; 37:21 - until; Lamentations 1:2 - weepeth; 1:4 - her priests; Ezekiel 16:5 - eye; Zechariah 8:5 - playing; Malachi 1:9 - God; Mark 13:17 - General Verse 20 consider Exodus 32:11; Deuteronomy 9:26; Isaiah 63:16-19, 64:8-12; Jeremiah 14:20-21 Shall the women Lamentations 4:10; Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53-57; 2 Kings 6:28, 6:29; Jeremiah 19:9; Ezekiel 5:10 of a span longor, swaddled with their handsshall the priest Lamentations 1:19, 4:13, 4:16; Psalm 78:64; Isaiah 9:14-17; Jeremiah 5:31, 14:15-18, 23:11-15; Ezekiel 9:5, 9:6 Reciprocal Genesis 47:13 - so that; Deuteronomy 28:18 - the fruit of thy body; 2 Chronicles 36:17 - in the house; Job 39:16 - as; Psalm 119:153 - Consider; Isaiah 22:2 - thy slain; Jeremiah 6:21 - fathers; 14:21 - disgrace; 37:21 - until; 51:51 - for strangers; Lamentations 1:11 - see; 1:16 - my children; 2:11 - because; 3:50 - General; 4:3 - the daughter; 5:1 - Remember; 5:12 - General; Ezekiel 6:7 - slain; 16:4 - nor; Hosea 9:12 - yet; Zechariah 8:4 - There; Mark 13:17 - General; Luke 13:1 - mingled Verse 21 young Deuteronomy 28:50; Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:3; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Esther 3:13; Jeremiah 51:22; Ezekiel 9:6 my virgins Lamentations 1:15, 1:18; Psalm 78:63; Jeremiah 9:21, 11:22, 18:21; Amos 4:10 thou hast killed Lamentations 2:2, 2:17, 3:43; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 13:14, 21:7; Ezekiel 5:11, 7:4, 7:9, 8:18; 9:5, 9:10; Zechariah 11:6 Reciprocal Leviticus 26:25 - will bring; Isaiah 3:25 - Thy men; 47:1 - down; Jeremiah 4:10 - the sword; 4:31 - because; 32:24 - because; 49:26 - General; Lamentations 3:51 - the daughters; 4:2 - how; Ezekiel 6:7 - slain; 25:3 - thou saidst; Amos 8:13 - General; Zephaniah 1:17 - and their blood; Zechariah 8:4 - There Verse 22 my terrors Psalm 31:13; Isaiah 24:17, 24:18; Jeremiah 6:25, 20:3, 46:5; Amos 9:1-4 those Deuteronomy 28:18; Jeremiah 16:2-4; Hosea 9:12-16; Luke 23:29, 23:30 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 36:17 - who slew; Jeremiah 10:25 - eaten; 32:24 - because; Ezekiel 16:4 - nor; 25:3 - thou saidst; Zechariah 8:4 - There; Romans 4:15 - Because