“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.”
Lamentations 2:4 (WEB)
Context Reading
2The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacobwithout pity.He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah.He has brought them down to the ground.He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. 3He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger.He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy.He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire,which devours all around. 4He 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. 5The Lord has become as an enemy.He has swallowed up Israel.He has swallowed up all her palaces.He has destroyed his strongholds.He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah. 6He has violently taken away his tabernacle,as if it were a garden.He has destroyed his place of assembly.Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion.In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest.