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How the Lord in his anger
has set the daughter of Zionj[ch. 3:44] under a cloud!
k[Matt. 11:23]; See Isa. 14:15 He has cast down from heaven to earth
the splendor of Israel;
he has not rememberedl1 Chr. 28:2 his footstool
in the day of his anger.
2 The Lordmver. 16; [Ps. 35:25; 56:2; Ezek. 36:3] has swallowed upnver. 17, 21; ch. 3:43; [Ezek. 9:5, 10] without mercy
all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrathoPs. 89:40 he has broken down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has broughtpPs. 74:7 down to the groundpPs. 74:7 in dishonor
the kingdomqIsa. 43:28 and its rulers.
3 He has cut down inrSee Jer. 12:13 fierce anger
alls1 Sam. 2:1 the might of Israel;
tPs. 74:11 he has withdrawn from them his right hand
in the face of the enemy;
uPs. 79:5; 89:46 he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,
consuming all around.
4 vch. 3:12 He has bent his bow like an enemy,
with his right hand setwSee Jer. 30:14 like a foe;
and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes
in the tent of the daughter of Zion;
he has poured out his fury like fire.
5 w[See ver. 4 above] The Lord has become like an enemy;
xver. 16; [Ps. 35:25; 56:2; Ezek. 36:3] he has swallowed up Israel;
y[2 Kgs. 25:9] he has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
zIsa. 29:2 mourning and lamentation.
6 He has laid waste his booth like a garden,
laid in ruinsach. 1:4; Isa. 1:13; Zeph. 3:18 his meeting place;
ach. 1:4; Isa. 1:13; Zeph. 3:18 the Lord has made Zion forget
festival andbIsa. 1:13 Sabbath,
and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.
7 c[Ps. 89:38] The Lord has scorned his altar,
d[Ezek. 24:21] disowned his sanctuary;
eDeut. 32:30 he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
the walls of her palaces;
fPs. 74:4 they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord
as on the day of festival.
8 g[Jer. 5:10] The Lord determined to lay in ruins
hver. 18 the wall of the daughter of Zion;
iSee 2 Kgs. 21:13 he stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
jJer. 14:2 he caused rampart and wall to lament;
jJer. 14:2 they languished together.
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
kJer. 51:30; Nah. 3:13 he has ruinedkJer. 51:30; Nah. 3:13 and broken her bars;
l[Hos. 3:4] her king and princes are among the nations;
the law is no more,
andmPs. 74:9 her prophets find
no vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
nch. 1:1; 3:28; Isa. 3:26 sit on the groundoEzek. 3:15 in silence;
pSee Josh. 7:6 they have thrown dust on their heads
andqJer. 48:37; Ezek. 7:18; Amos 8:10; See Jer. 4:8 put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
11 r[ver. 18; ch. 5:17; Ps. 6:7] My eyes are spent with weeping;
sSee ch. 1:20 my stomach churns;
t[Job 16:13] my bile is poured out to the ground
uch. 3:48 because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
v[ch. 4:4; Jer. 44:7] because infants and babieswver. 19; [Isa. 51:20] faint
in the streets of the city.
12 They cry to their mothers,
xSee ch. 1:11 “Where is bread and wine? ”
w[See ver. 11 above] as they faint like a wounded man
in the streets of the city,
as their life is poured out
on their mothers' bosom.
13 What can I say for you,y[ch. 1:12] to what compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
y[ch. 1:12] What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
z2 Sam. 5:20; [Ezek. 26:3] For your ruin is vast as the sea;
who can heal you?
14 aSee Jer. 5:31 Your prophets have seen for you
false and deceptive visions;
b[Isa. 58:1] they have not exposed your iniquity
tocSee Jer. 30:3 restore your fortunes,
dSee Jer. 5:31 but have seen for youe[Jer. 23:33, 34] oracles
that are false and misleading.
15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
fSee 2 Chr. 29:8 they hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem;
“Is this the city that was called
gPs. 48:2; Ezek. 16:14 the perfection of beauty,
gPs. 48:2; Ezek. 16:14 the joy of all the earth? ”
16 hch. 3:46; [Job 16:9, 10] All your enemies
rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
they cry: “WeiSee ver. 2 have swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
now we have it;j[Ps. 35:21] we see it! ”
17 The Lord has done what he purposed;
he has carried outkSee Lev. 26:14-45; Deut. 28:15-68 his word,
which he commandedlch. 1:7; Jer. 46:26 long ago;
mSee ver. 2 he has thrown downnver. 2, 21 without pity;
o[Ps. 38:16; 89:42] he has made the enemy rejoice over you
and exalted thep[ver. 3] might of your foes.
18 Their heart cried to the Lord.
Oqver. 8 wall of the daughter of Zion,
rSee ver. 11 let tears stream down like a torrent
sPs. 32:4; 42:3 day and night!
tPs. 77:2 Give yourself no rest,
uPs. 17:8 your eyes no respite!
19 “Arise,vPs. 119:147, 148 cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the night watches!
wPs. 62:8; [1 Sam. 7:6] Pour out your heart like water
before the presence of the Lord!
x[1 Tim. 2:8] Lift your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
ySee ver. 11, 12 who faint for hunger
at the head of every street. ”
20 Look, O Lord, and see!
zch. 1:22 With whom have you dealt thus?
ach. 4:10; See Jer. 19:9 Should women eat the fruit of their womb,
the children ofbver. 22 their tender care?
Shouldc[ch. 4:13] priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 In the dust of the streets
d[2 Chr. 36:17] lie the young and the old;
d[2 Chr. 36:17] my young women and my young men
have fallen by the sword;
ech. 3:43 you have killed them in the day of your anger,
slaughteringfver. 2, 17 without pity.
22 You summoned as if tog[ver. 6] a festival day
hSee Jer. 6:25 my terrors on every side,
i[Jer. 42:17; 44:14] and on the day of the anger of the Lord
no one escaped or survived;
jver. 20 those whom I held and raised
my enemy destroyed.