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Lamentations 2:6 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Lamentations 2:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 2 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. tabernacle: or, hedge”
Lamentations 2:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Lamentations 2:6
God's actions against His own sanctuary appear shocking: "He hath violently taken away his tabernacle" (vayachmos kaggn sukkoh, וַיַּחְמֹס כַּגַּן שֻׂכּוֹ). The verb chamas (חָמַס) means to treat violently, wrong, or do violence—the same root used for the earth being "filled with violence" before the Flood (Genesis 6:11, 13). God Himself acts with violence against His own dwelling place, like a farmer violently clearing a garden booth. The phrase "destroyed his places of assembly" continues the theme. The Hebrew mo'ado (מוֹעֲדוֹ) refers to appointed places and times for meeting—the festivals,...
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Cross-References for Lamentations 2:6
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“because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate”
“I will remove from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.”
“they didn't favor the elders.”
“The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”
“and Israel a reviling.,Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches., וַאֲחַלֵּל שָׂרֵי קֹדֶשׁ וְאֶתְּנָה לַחֵרֶם יַעֲקֹב וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְגִדּוּפִים׃ ס ,Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, And I have given Jacob to condemnation, And Israel to reviling.,οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν ἠνόμησαν εἰς ἐμέ,And the princes have defiled my sanctuaries: so I gave Jacob to enemies to destroy, and Israel to reproach.,,,,”
“Sabbaths”
“and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it”
“so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?”
“and carried him to Babylon”