Lamentations 2:3-5

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In fierce anger He has cut off
^(a)All the ^(A)strength of Israel;
He has ^(B)drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
And He has ^(C)burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
Consuming round about.

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He has bent His ^(D)bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary
And slain all that were ^(E)pleasant to the eye;
In the tent of the daughter of Zion
He has ^(F)poured out His wrath like fire.

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The Lord has become like an ^(G)enemy.
He has ^(H)swallowed up Israel;
He has swallowed up all its ^(I)palaces,
He has destroyed its strongholds
And ^(J)multiplied in the daughter of Judah
Mourning and moaning.

Footnotes:

a. Lamentations 2:3: ['Lit ', Every horn]

Cross references:

A. Lamentations 2:3: Psalm 75:5; Psalm 75:10; Jeremiah 48:25

B. Lamentations 2:3: Psalm 74:11; Jeremiah 21:4; Jeremiah 21:5

C. Lamentations 2:3: Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 21:14

D. Lamentations 2:4: Job 6:4; Job 16:13; Lamentations 3:12; Lamentations 3:13

E. Lamentations 2:4: Ezekiel 24:25

F. Lamentations 2:4: Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 7:20

G. Lamentations 2:5: Jeremiah 30:14

H. Lamentations 2:5: Lamentations 2:2

I. Lamentations 2:5: Jeremiah 52:13; Lamentations 2:2

J. Lamentations 2:5: Jeremiah 9:17-20