The Lord has become like an (A)enemy.
He has (B)engulfed Israel;
He has engulfed all its (C)palaces,
He has destroyed its strongholds
And (D)caused great mourning and grieving in the daughter of Judah.
And He has treated His [a]tabernacle violently, like a despised garden;
He has (E)destroyed His appointed [b]meeting place.
The Lord has (F)caused
The appointed feast and Sabbath in Zion to be forgotten,
And He has (G)despised king and priest
In the indignation of His anger.
The Lord has (H)rejected His altar,
He has [c]repudiated His sanctuary;
He (I)has handed over
The walls of her palaces to the enemy.
They have made a (J)noise in the house of the Lord
As on the day of an appointed feast.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:6 Or booth
  2. Lamentations 2:6 Or feast
  3. Lamentations 2:7 I.e., scornfully rejected

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