Overview
Lamentations 2:1, Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem; Lamentations 2:20, He complains thereof to God.

was: Lamentations 2:4, Jeremiah 15:1, Jeremiah 30:14
he hath swallowed up Israel: Lamentations 2:2, 2 Kings 25:9, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Jeremiah 52:13
mourning: Ezekiel 2:10
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:42 - revenges Deuteronomy 32:43 - avenge 1 Samuel 28:16 - and is become 2 Samuel 20:19 - swallow Job 5:5 - swalloweth Job 13:24 - holdest me Job 19:10 - destroyed Job 19:11 - he counteth Psalms 56:1 - swallow Psalms 89:40 - brought Proverbs 1:12 - swallow Isaiah 27:10 - the defenced Isaiah 63:10 - he was Jeremiah 6:12 - I will Jeremiah 21:4 - and I Jeremiah 21:5 - I Lamentations 2:7 - given up Lamentations 2:8 - destroying Ezekiel 5:8 - even I Ezekiel 36:3 - swallowed Hosea 8:8 - swallowed Amos 6:8 - and hate

he hath violently: "He hath destroyed the temple, as if it had been no better than a cottage erected in a garden, while the fruit is gathering, and then removed, or suffered to decay." Psalms 80:12, Psalms 89:40, Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 63:18, Isaiah 64:11
tabernacle: or, hedge
as if: Isaiah 1:8
caused: Lamentations 1:4, Zephaniah 3:18
the king: Lamentations 4:16, Lamentations 4:20, Lamentations 5:12, Isaiah 43:28, Jeremiah 52:11-27, Ezekiel 12:12, Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 17:18, Malachi 2:9
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:19 - abhorred them 1 Kings 9:7 - this house Job 19:10 - destroyed Job 27:18 - as a booth Psalms 53:5 - because Psalms 81:3 - solemn Isaiah 1:13 - the new Jeremiah 4:20 - suddenly Jeremiah 14:21 - disgrace Jeremiah 50:28 - vengeance of his Lamentations 2:15 - Is this Ezekiel 8:6 - that I Ezekiel 24:21 - I will Matthew 25:29 - shall be taken Luke 21:6 - there

elders: Lamentations 4:5, Lamentations 4:16, Lamentations 5:12, Lamentations 5:14, Job 2:13, Isaiah 3:26, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:5
sit: Sitting on the ground was a posture of mourning and deep distress. Hence the coin struck by Vespasian, on the capture of Jerusalem, has on the obverse side a palm tree, the emblem of Judea, and under it a woman, the emblem of Jerusalem, sitting down, with her elbow on her knee, and her head supported by her hand, with the legend Judea capta. Lamentations 1:1
and keep: Lamentations 3:28, Jeremiah 8:14, Amos 5:13, Amos 8:3
cast up: Joshua 7:6, 2 Samuel 13:19, Job 2:12, Revelation 18:19
they have girded: Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 36:22, Ezekiel 7:18, Ezekiel 27:31, Joel 1:8
the virgins: Lamentations 1:4, Amos 8:13
Reciprocal: Psalms 137:1 - the rivers Isaiah 3:24 - a girding Jeremiah 13:18 - sit Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth Ezekiel 26:16 - sit Ezekiel 27:30 - cast Revelation 11:3 - clothed

as the: Ezekiel 30:24
soul: Isaiah 53:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 35:18 - her soul Deuteronomy 28:18 - the fruit of thy body Isaiah 51:20 - sons Jeremiah 37:21 - until Lamentations 1:11 - seek Lamentations 2:19 - that faint Lamentations 4:4 - the young Luke 10:30 - wounded John 1:18 - in the

shall I take: Lamentations 1:12, Daniel 9:12
for: 2 Samuel 5:20, Psalms 60:2, Jeremiah 14:17, Ezekiel 26:3, Ezekiel 26:4
who can: Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 30:12-15, Jeremiah 51:8, Jeremiah 51:9
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:21 - The virgin Isaiah 3:7 - healer Isaiah 30:26 - bindeth Isaiah 37:22 - The virgin Jeremiah 6:2 - daughter Jeremiah 14:19 - no healing Jeremiah 30:7 - so Jeremiah 31:4 - O Lamentations 1:9 - she had Ezekiel 13:5 - gaps Ezekiel 27:32 - What city Ezekiel 32:31 - shall be Amos 5:2 - virgin Nahum 3:7 - who Matthew 11:16 - whereunto Mark 4:30 - General Mark 13:19 - in those Luke 7:31 - Whereunto Luke 13:18 - Unto John 11:19 - to comfort

The combination of scorn, enmity, rage, and exultation, which the conquerors and spectators manifested at the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, are here described with peculiar pathos and energy. The whole scene is presented to view as in an exquisitely finished historical painting.
that pass: Deuteronomy 29:22-28, 1 Kings 9:7-9, 2 Chronicles 7:21, Jeremiah 18:16
by: Heb. by the way
clap: Lamentations 1:8, Job 27:22, Job 27:23, Ezekiel 25:6, Nahum 3:19
they: Lamentations 2:16, Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 51:37, Micah 6:16, Zephaniah 2:15
wag: 2 Kings 19:21, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 44:14, Psalms 44:15, Isaiah 37:22, Jeremiah 18:16, Matthew 27:39, Mark 15:29
Is this: Lamentations 2:6, Psalms 48:2, Psalms 50:2, Isaiah 64:11
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:45 - Moreover Deuteronomy 29:24 - General Ruth 1:19 - Is this Naomi 1 Samuel 4:18 - when he made 2 Chronicles 7:20 - a proverb Job 16:4 - shake mine Psalms 30:1 - hast not Psalms 79:4 - become Psalms 137:3 - For there Song of Solomon 6:4 - comely Isaiah 28:21 - his strange Isaiah 57:4 - draw Jeremiah 15:5 - For who Jeremiah 22:8 - General Jeremiah 24:9 - to be a Jeremiah 30:17 - they Jeremiah 33:24 - thus Jeremiah 40:2 - The Lord Jeremiah 44:8 - a curse Jeremiah 44:22 - your land Jeremiah 48:27 - was not Jeremiah 49:17 - shall hiss Jeremiah 50:11 - ye were Jeremiah 50:13 - every Jeremiah 51:51 - are confounded Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries Lamentations 1:21 - they are Lamentations 3:45 - as Lamentations 5:1 - behold Ezekiel 5:8 - in the Ezekiel 5:14 - I will Ezekiel 13:12 - Where Ezekiel 16:13 - and thou didst Ezekiel 16:14 - thy renown Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 23:32 - thou shalt be Ezekiel 27:36 - hiss Ezekiel 36:3 - and ye Ezekiel 39:23 - the heathen Daniel 9:13 - As it is Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem Micah 4:11 - many Habakkuk 1:15 - therefore Zechariah 8:13 - a curse Romans 2:24 - the name

thine: Lamentations 3:46, Job 16:9, Job 16:10, Psalms 22:13, Psalms 35:21, Psalms 109:2
gnash: Psalms 35:16, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 112:10, Acts 7:54
We have swallowed: Psalms 56:2, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 124:3, Isaiah 49:19, Jeremiah 50:7, Jeremiah 50:17, Jeremiah 51:34, Ezekiel 25:3, Ezekiel 25:6, Ezekiel 25:15, Ezekiel 36:3, Hosea 8:8, Zephaniah 2:8-10
we have seen: Psalms 35:21, Psalms 41:8, Obadiah 1:12-16
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:19 - swallow 1 Kings 9:7 - and Israel 1 Kings 9:9 - Because 2 Chronicles 7:20 - a proverb 2 Chronicles 7:22 - Because they forsook Job 5:5 - swalloweth Job 20:18 - swallow Psalms 35:25 - We have Psalms 56:1 - swallow Psalms 74:23 - tumult Psalms 79:4 - become Psalms 137:3 - For there Proverbs 1:12 - swallow Isaiah 57:4 - draw Jeremiah 15:5 - For who Jeremiah 18:16 - a perpetual Jeremiah 19:8 - General Jeremiah 29:18 - to be a curse Jeremiah 33:24 - thus Jeremiah 44:8 - a curse Jeremiah 44:22 - your land Jeremiah 49:17 - shall hiss Jeremiah 50:11 - ye were Jeremiah 50:13 - every Jeremiah 51:37 - an hissing Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries Lamentations 2:15 - they Ezekiel 20:48 - General Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 23:32 - thou shalt be Ezekiel 24:10 - spice Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem Micah 4:11 - many Habakkuk 1:15 - therefore Zechariah 8:13 - a curse Romans 2:24 - the name

heart: Psalms 119:145, Isaiah 26:16, Isaiah 26:17, Hosea 7:14
O wall: Lamentations 2:8, Habakkuk 2:11
let tears: Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 3:48, Lamentations 3:49, Psalms 119:136, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 13:17, Jeremiah 14:17
the apple: Bath ayin which sometimes means the pupil of the eye, seems here to denote tears, the produce of the eye; and therefore elegantly termed the daughter of the eye.
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:6 - drew water Psalms 6:6 - I water Psalms 137:1 - we wept Ezekiel 24:16 - thy tears