05/03/21 The Lord’s Anger With His People #2 — Lamentations 2:1-22 (ESV)

v.3 He has CUT DOWN in FIERCE ANGER all the might of Israel; he has WITHDRAWN from them HIS RIGHT HAND in the face of the enemy; he has BURNED LIKE A FLAMING FIRE in Jacob, consuming all around.

Cut down is active; withdrawn is passive. Right hand means power, strength, support; Several times in Scripture it says, “Our God is a Consuming Fire!”

v.4 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.

Bent his bow… right hand: God Himself is AGGRESSIVELY fighting against them as if He is their ENEMY. God used their enemies to kill their “best and brightest” children!

v.5 The Lord has BECOME LIKE AN ENEMY; he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all its palaces; he has LAID IN RUINS its strongholds, and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah MOURNING AND LAMENTATION.

God has completely destroyed their palaces, fortified cities and People! NOTE: By Jesus’ day, literally NOTHING was left of Solomon’s Jerusalem! STAY TUNED…