Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

Cross References (9)

  • Lamentations 2:2 (5)

    Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities o

  • Jeremiah 30:14 (4)

    All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the disciplin

  • 2 Kings 25:9 (4)

    He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

  • Lamentations 2:4 (3)

    He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the e

  • Jeremiah 52:13 (3)

    He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16–17 (2)

    But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD aga

  • Ezekiel 2:10 (2)

    which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

  • Jeremiah 9:17–20 (2)

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

  • Jeremiah 15:1 (2)

    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Se