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Like a foe he has slain all who were pleasing to the eye; he has poured out his wrath like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. <a href="/nlt/lamentations/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> He bends his bow against his people, as though he were their enemy. His strength is used against them to kill their finest youth. His fury is poured out like fire on beautiful Jerusalem. <a href="/esv/lamentations/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set 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. <a href="/bsb/lamentations/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion. <a href="/kjv/lamentations/2.htm">King James Bible</a> He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. <a href="/nkjv/lamentations/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow; With His right hand, like an adversary, He has slain all who were pleasing to His eye; On the tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out His fury like fire. <a href="/nasb_/lamentations/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned like an adversary, And He has killed everything that was pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire. <a href="/nasb/lamentations/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire. <a href="/nasb77/lamentations/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> He has bent His bow like an enemy, He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire. <a href="/lsb/lamentations/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And killed all that were desirable to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire. <a href="/amp/lamentations/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were delightful and pleasing to the eye; In the tent of the Daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire. <a href="/csb/lamentations/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He has strung his bow like an enemy; his right hand is positioned like an adversary. He has killed everyone who was the delight to the eye, pouring out his wrath like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. <a href="/hcsb/lamentations/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned like an adversary. He has killed everyone who was loved, pouring out His wrath like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. <a href="/asv/lamentations/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire. <a href="/cev/lamentations/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He attacked like an enemy with a bow and arrows, killing our loved ones. He has burned to the ground the homes on Mount Zion. <a href="/erv/lamentations/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his fury like fire. <a href="/gwt/lamentations/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Like an enemy he bent his bow. Like an opponent his right hand held the arrow steady. He killed all the beautiful people. He poured out his fury like fire on the tent of Zion's people. <a href="/gnt/lamentations/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> He aimed his arrows at us like an enemy; He killed all those who were our joy and delight. Here in Jerusalem we felt his burning anger. <a href="/isv/lamentations/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> He bent his bow against us as would an enemy, his right hand cocked as would an adversary. He has killed everyone in whom we took pride; in the tent of cherished Zion he poured out his anger like fire. <a href="/net/lamentations/2.htm">NET Bible</a> He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. <a href="/nheb/lamentations/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He has bent his bow like an enemy; his right hand he has positioned like an adversary. He killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire. <a href="/wbt/lamentations/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/lamentations/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion. <a href="/web/lamentations/2.htm">World English Bible</a> He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/lamentations/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> He has bent His bow as an enemy, "" His right hand has stood as an adversary, "" And He slays all the desirable ones of the eye, "" In the tent of the daughter of Zion, "" He has poured out as fire His fury. <a href="/ylt/lamentations/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> He hath trodden His bow as an enemy, Stood hath His right hand as an adversary, And He slayeth all the desirable ones of the eye, In the tent of the daughter of Zion, He hath poured out as fire His fury. <a href="/slt/lamentations/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> He bent his bow as an enemy: he set his right hand as an adversary, and be will slay all the delights of the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion: he poured his wrath as fire.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/lamentations/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his indignation like fire. <a href="/cpdv/lamentations/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> DALETH. He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has fixed his right hand like an adversary. And he has cut down all that was beautiful to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion. He has poured out his indignation like fire. <a href="/nabre/lamentations/2.htm">New American Bible</a> He bent his bow like an enemy; the arrow in his right hand Like a foe, he killed all those held precious; On the tent of daughter Zion he poured out his wrath like fire. <a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; he has killed all in whom we took pride in the tent of daughter Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He has bent his bow like an oppressor; he has raised his hand like an enemy, and has slain all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire. <a href="/hpbt/lamentations/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Daleth He fills his bow like the oppressor. He raised his right hand as an enemy and he killed every lust of eyes in the tent of the house of Zion and he poured out his anger as fire<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/lamentations/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> He hath bent His bow like an enemy, Standing with His right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He hath poured out His fury like fire. <a href="/sep/lamentations/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> DALETH. He has bent his bow as an opposing enemy: he has strengthened his right hand as an adversary, and has destroyed all the desirable things of my eyes in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion: he has poured forth his anger as fire. <a href="/parallel/lamentations/2-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=384" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/lamentations/2.htm">God's Anger over Jerusalem</a> …3In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it. 4<a href="/hebrew/1869.htm" title="1869: dā·raḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To tread, march. A primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow.">He has bent</a> <a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: qaš·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris.">His bow</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: kə·’ō·w·yêḇ (Prep-k:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">like an enemy;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3225.htm" title="3225: yə·mî·nōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Right hand. From yaman; the right hand or side of a person or other object; locally, the south.">His right hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5324.htm" title="5324: niṣ·ṣāḇ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A prim root; to station, in various applications.">is positioned.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: kə·ṣār (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">Like a foe</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: way·ya·hă·rōḡ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">He has killed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4261.htm" title="4261: ma·ḥă·mad·dê- (N-mpc) -- Desire, desirable thing. From chamad; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. Object of affection or desire.">who were pleasing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ā·yin (N-cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">to the eye;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: šā·p̄aḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">He has poured out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ḥă·mā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">His wrath</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: kā·’êš (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">like fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: bə·’ō·hel (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">on the tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">of the Daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6726.htm" title="6726: ṣî·yō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. The same as tsiyuwn; Tsijon, a mountain of Jerusalem.">of Zion.</a> 5The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5</a> And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. <a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a> But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. <a href="/ezekiel/5-13.htm">Ezekiel 5:13</a> And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken. <a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Jeremiah 30:14</a> All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins. <a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a> So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. <a href="/ezekiel/24-21.htm">Ezekiel 24:21</a> Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’ <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Jeremiah 6:4-6</a> ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long. / Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’” / For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst. <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2</a> The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. <a href="/ezekiel/7-8.htm">Ezekiel 7:8-9</a> Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow. <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Jeremiah 4:11-12</a> At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift; / a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-31</a> If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ... <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a> And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a> The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>He has bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.bent<a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Lamentations 2:5</a> The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.<a href="/lamentations/3-3.htm">Lamentations 3:3,12,13</a> Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day… <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a> For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.that were pleasant to the eye.<a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Ezekiel 24:25</a> Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,he poured<a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Lamentations 4:1</a> How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.<a href="/2_chronicles/34-21.htm">2 Chronicles 34:21,25</a> Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book… <a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a> Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-16.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-10.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-11.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-49.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-10.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-12.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-29.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/lamentations/4-12.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-12.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-12.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-18.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-35.htm">Right</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-7.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-21.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-27.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-21.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 2</div>1. <a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem</a> 20. <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">He complains thereof to God</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/lamentations/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>He has bent His bow like an enemy; This phrase depicts God as a warrior preparing for battle, a common motif in the Old Testament. The imagery of God bending a bow suggests readiness to execute judgment. In ancient warfare, the bow was a primary weapon, symbolizing power and precision. This metaphor indicates that God is acting against His people as if they were His adversaries, highlighting the severity of their sin and the resulting divine judgment. The idea of God as an enemy is a reversal of the covenant relationship, where God was Israel's protector. This reflects the consequences of Israel's disobedience, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>, where curses for disobedience are outlined.His right hand is positioned. The right hand in biblical literature often symbolizes strength and authority. Here, it signifies God's active role in executing judgment. The positioning of the right hand suggests intentionality and control, emphasizing that the calamity befalling Jerusalem is not random but a direct result of divine action. This aligns with passages like <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a>, where God's hand is stretched out in anger against His people. The right hand also contrasts with the typical depiction of God's right hand as a source of salvation and support, as seen in <a href="/psalms/118-16.htm">Psalm 118:16</a>, underscoring the gravity of the situation.Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; This phrase indicates the thoroughness of God's judgment, affecting even those who were considered desirable or valuable. The expression "pleasing to the eye" may refer to the young and strong, those who were seen as the future hope of the nation. This echoes the lament over the loss of the young and beautiful in <a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm">2 Samuel 1:19-27</a>, where David mourns the deaths of Saul and Jonathan. The destruction of what is pleasing highlights the totality of the devastation and serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.He has poured out His wrath like fire Fire is a frequent biblical symbol of God's judgment and purification. It represents both destruction and the potential for renewal. In this context, the pouring out of wrath like fire suggests an overwhelming and consuming judgment, similar to the imagery in <a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Ezekiel 22:31</a>, where God pours out His indignation upon the people. Fire's destructive power is evident in the burning of Jerusalem and the temple, as described in <a href="/2_kings/25-9.htm">2 Kings 25:9</a>. This imagery also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and purification through Christ, who baptizes with the Holy Spirit and fire (<a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a>).on the tent of the Daughter of Zion. The "Daughter of Zion" is a poetic term for Jerusalem and its inhabitants, emphasizing the city's vulnerability and cherished status. The use of "tent" suggests temporariness and fragility, reminiscent of the Israelites' nomadic past. This phrase underscores the complete devastation of Jerusalem, which was once the center of worship and the dwelling place of God. The destruction of the "tent" signifies the removal of God's presence, as seen in the exile. This imagery connects to the prophecy in <a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a>, where Zion is plowed like a field, and Jerusalem becomes a heap of ruins, highlighting the fulfillment of prophetic warnings due to the people's unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The central figure in this verse, depicted as an adversary against His own people due to their disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_daughter_of_zion.htm">The Daughter of Zion</a> A poetic term referring to Jerusalem and its inhabitants, symbolizing the people of God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_enemy/adversary.htm">The Enemy/Adversary</a> Although the LORD is described as acting like an enemy, this term underscores the severity of His judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_tent.htm">The Tent</a> Represents the dwelling place of the people, possibly alluding to the tabernacle or the city itself. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_bow_and_right_hand.htm">The Bow and Right Hand</a> Symbols of power and judgment, indicating the LORD's active role in the discipline of His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_judgment.htm">Understanding Divine Judgment</a> God's judgment is not arbitrary but a response to persistent disobedience. It serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of His holiness. <a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a> Sin has severe consequences, and God's response to it is depicted vividly. This should lead believers to a deeper awareness of the gravity of sin. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_discipline.htm">God's Sovereignty in Discipline</a> Even in judgment, God remains sovereign. His actions are purposeful, aiming to bring His people back to righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> The imagery of God as an adversary is a wake-up call for repentance. Believers are encouraged to examine their lives and turn back to God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a> While the verse is heavy with judgment, the broader context of Lamentations points to hope and restoration for those who return to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 2</a> <a href="/q/what_is_zion's_biblical_significance.htm">What is Zion and its biblical significance?</a> <a href="/q/is_this_mindset_present_in_you.htm">What does 'How the mighty have fallen' mean?</a> <a href="/q/is_lamentations_4_10_literal_or_hyperbole.htm">(Lamentations 4:10) Is the claim that mothers cooked their children historically accurate or a hyperbolic contradiction of a loving God?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_three_woes_in_revelation.htm">What are the three woes in Revelation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) He stood with his right hand . . .--The point of the phrase is that the "right hand," the natural symbol of divine power, which had been of old stretched forth to protect, was now seen shooting the arrows and wielding the sword of vengeance.Slew all that were pleasant . . .--Better, "Destroyed ail that was pleasant," the destruction including not only warriors and youths, but everything dear and precious.The tabernacle . . .--Not the Temple, but the city itself as the habitation of the people, who are collectively represented as "the daughter of Zion."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - The beginning of the verse seems slightly out of order (see the Septuagint). And slew all that were pleasant, etc. The correct rendering is, And slew all that was pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire. The Authorized Version (following the Targum) seems to have thought that the youth of the population alone was intended. But, though Ewald also adopts this view, it seems to limit unduly the meaning of the poet. By "tent" we should probably understand "dwelling," as <a href="/jeremiah/4-5.htm">Jeremiah 4:5</a>, and often; <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Isaiah 16:5</a>, "the tent of David;" <a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">Psalm 78:67</a>, "the tent of Joseph." <a href="/commentaries/lamentations/2-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>He has bent דָּרַ֨ךְ (dā·raḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1869.htm">Strong's 1869: </a> To tread, to walk, to string a, bow His bow קַשְׁתּ֜וֹ (qaš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7198.htm">Strong's 7198: </a> A bow, for, shooting, the iris like an enemy; כְּאוֹיֵ֗ב (kə·’ō·w·yêḇ) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> Hating, an adversary His right hand יְמִינוֹ֙ (yə·mî·nōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3225.htm">Strong's 3225: </a> The right hand, side, the south is positioned. נִצָּ֤ב (niṣ·ṣāḇ) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5324.htm">Strong's 5324: </a> To take one's stand, stand Like a foe כְּצָ֔ר (kə·ṣār) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent He has killed וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֔ג (way·ya·hă·rōḡ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> To smite with deadly intent all כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who were pleasing מַחֲמַדֵּי־ (ma·ḥă·mad·dê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4261.htm">Strong's 4261: </a> Delightful, a delight, object of affection, desire to the eye; עָ֑יִן (‘ā·yin) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain He has poured out שָׁפַ֥ךְ (šā·p̄aḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out His wrath חֲמָתֽוֹ׃ (ḥă·mā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> Heat, anger, poison like fire כָּאֵ֖שׁ (kā·’êš) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire on the tent בְּאֹ֙הֶל֙ (bə·’ō·hel) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> A tent of the Daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Zion. צִיּ֔וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6726.htm">Strong's 6726: </a> Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-4.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 2:4 He has bent his bow like (Lam. 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