Lamentations 2:4
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
Cross References
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 16:13
His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

Psalm 37:14
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Isaiah 42:25
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger, My fury, will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

Jeremiah 10:20
My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and numerous sins.

Lamentations 3:12
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Lamentations 3:13
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

Ezekiel 20:34
With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you were scattered.

Ezekiel 24:25
And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy--the desire of their eyes, on which they set their minds--and their sons and daughters as well,

Ezekiel 36:18
So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

bent

Lamentations 2:5
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the Daughter of Judah.

Lamentations 3:3, 12, 13
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. . . .

Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 16:12-14
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; . . .

Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy and He Himself fought against them.

Jeremiah 21:5
And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and numerous sins.

that were pleasant to the eye.

Ezekiel 24:25
And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy--the desire of their eyes, on which they set their minds--and their sons and daughters as well,

he poured

Lamentations 4:1
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

2 Chronicles 34:21, 25
"Go and inquire of the LORD for me, and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words in the book that that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book." . . .

Isaiah 42:25
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

Isaiah 51:17-20
Awaken, awaken! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs, the cup that makes men stagger. . . .

Isaiah 63:6
I trampled nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground."

Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds."

Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger, My fury, will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

Jeremiah 21:5, 12
And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. . . .

Jeremiah 36:7
Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people."

Ezekiel 5:13
And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

Ezekiel 6:12
He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die of famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.

Ezekiel 22:22
As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.'"

Ezekiel 36:18
So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

Nahum 1:2, 6
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies. . . .

Links
Lamentations 2:4 NIV
Lamentations 2:4 NLT
Lamentations 2:4 ESV
Lamentations 2:4 NASB
Lamentations 2:4 KJV

Lamentations 2:4 Bible Apps
Lamentations 2:4 Parallel
Lamentations 2:4 Biblia Paralela
Lamentations 2:4 Chinese Bible
Lamentations 2:4 French Bible
Lamentations 2:4 German Bible

Lamentations 2:4 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Lamentations 2:3
Top of Page
Top of Page