Lamentations 2:7 KJV
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Matthew Henry
- Lamentations 2:1–9Lamentation for the misery of Jerusalem. A sad representation is here made of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel; but the notice seems mostly to...
Parallel Passages
- Ezekiel 7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Psalms 74:3–8 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. …
- Psalms 78:59–61 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: …
- Jeremiah 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
- Ezekiel 7:20–22 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. …
- Ezekiel 24:21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
- Leviticus 26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
- Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
- Psalms 72:4–20 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. …
- Isaiah 64:10–11 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. …
- Jeremiah 7:12–14 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. …
- Jeremiah 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 26:18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
- Jeremiah 32:29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
- Jeremiah 33:3–5 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. …
- Jeremiah 39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Lamentations 2:1 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 2:5 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.
- Ezekiel 7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
- Amos 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
- Micah 3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
- Matthew 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Acts 6:13–14 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: …
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible588 BC · Jerusalem and the Temple Burned
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The Lord אֲדֹנָי ʾădōnāy אֲדֹנָי Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- hath cast off זָנַח zānaḥ זָנַח Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- his altar מִזְבְּחוֹ mizbĕḥô מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- he hath abhorred נִאֵר niʾēr נָאַר Verb · piel perfect, third person masculine singular
- his sanctuary מִקְדָּשׁוֹ miqdāšô מִקְדָּשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- he hath given up הִסְגִּיר hisgîr סָגַר Verb · hiphil perfect, third person masculine singular
- into the hand בְּיַד bĕyad יָד Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of the enemy אוֹיֵב ʾôyēb אֹיֵב Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- the walls חוֹמֹת ḥômōt חוֹמָה Noun · feminine plural construct
- of her palaces אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ ʾarmĕnôtêhā אַרְמוֹן Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- they have made נָתְנוּ nātĕnû נָתַן Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- a noise קוֹל qôl קוֹל Noun · masculine singular
- in the house בְּבֵית bĕbêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- as in the day כְּיוֹם kĕyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- of a solemn feast מוֹעֵד môʿēd מוֹעֵד Noun · masculine singular
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