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Lamentations 2:1 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Lamentations 2:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 2 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
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)
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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
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:1
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“and said”
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels”
“you have not pitied.”
“[so that] you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.”
“I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.,And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.,,,,,,,,”
“Capernaum”
“Exalt ye the LORD our God”
“when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt”
“morning star”