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Lamentations 2:1 Cross-References

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The Lord's Anger Against Jerusalem

How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

Lamentations 2:1 (KJV)

Historical Context for Lamentations 2:1

People Mentioned

Y
G-dHoly, Holy, Holy (ISA 6:3) and too many others to fit here
J
Jacobsecond-born son of Isaac (GEN 25:25-26)

Commentary on Lamentations 2:1

The chapter opens with God's active judgment: "How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger" (yakib be-apo, יָעִיב בְּאַפּוֹ). The verb akib means to darken or cover with clouds, suggesting obscured vision and lost glory. In Exodus, God's cloud signified presence and guidance (Exodus 13:21-22), but here it represents wrath. When God's people forsake Him, His presence becomes terrifying rather than comforting. The phrase "cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel" employs striking imagery. The Hebrew hishlikh (הִשְׁלִיךְ, "cast down, hurled") conveys...

Source: KJV Study Commentary

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