CHAPTER 2. A LAMENT OVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM DUE TO THE
LORD'S ANGER.
This chapter also divides up into sections. In the first 9 verses the
prophet describes in forceful detail what ‘the Sovereign Lord'
(adonai) has done against Jerusalem and Judah, and he follows this up
in Lamentations... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD'S ANGER IS REVEALED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM
(LAMENTATIONS 2:1).
In these verses we have a description of how in His ‘anger'
(antipathy towards sin) the Lord has brought destruction on Judah and
Jerusalem both politically and religiously. He is seen as the cause of
the Babylonian ac... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAD STATE OF THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM (LAMENTATIONS 2:10).
The prophet now describes in retrospect the sad state of the people of
Jerusalem during and after the terrible siege. The elders were in
mourning, the virgins hung their heads to the ground, the young
children and babes collapsed with hun... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHET ADDRESSES JERUSALEM RECOGNISING THAT THAT HER UNIQUE STATE
IS SUCH THAT HE CAN OFFER NO COMFORT BECAUSE ALL IS AGAINST HER
(LAMENTATIONS 2:13).
The prophet sees the people of Jerusalem as being in a state never
before experienced and as being unhealable. This is because their
prophets a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE CRY TO THE SOVEREIGN LORD. THEY CALL ON THE WALL OF
JERUSALEM TO WEEP FOR JERUSALEM AND ITS INHABITANTS AND ON YHWH TO
CONSIDER WHAT HE HAS DONE (LAMENTATIONS 2:18).
The change between Lamentations 2:17 and Lamentations 2:18 is abrupt.
But the acrostic confirms that they are united. Lamen... [ Continue Reading ]