Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Lamentations Chapter 2
Overview
Lam 2:1, Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem; Lam 2:20, He complains thereof to God.
covered: Lam 3:43, Lam 3:44; Eze 30:18, Eze 32:7, Eze 32:8; Joe 2:2
and cast: Isa 14:12-15; Eze 28:14-16; Mat 11:23; Luk 10:15, Luk 10:18; Rev 12:7-9
the beauty: Sa1 4:21; Sa2 1:19; Isa 64:11; Eze 7:20-22, Eze 24:21
his footstool: Ch1 28:2; Psa 99:5, Psa 132:7
swallowed: Lam 2:17, Lam 2:21, Lam 3:43; Job 2:3 *marg. Psa 21:9; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14, Jer 21:7; Eze 5:11, Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 8:18, Eze 9:10; Zac 11:5, Zac 11:6; Mat 18:33
he hath thrown: Lam 2:5, Lam 2:17; Jer 5:10; Mic 5:11, Mic 5:12; Mal 1:4; Co2 10:4
brought them down to: Heb. made to touch, Isa 25:12, Isa 26:5; Psa 89:39
polluted: Psa 89:39, Psa 89:40; Isa 23:9 *marg. Isa 43:28, Isa 47:6
the horn: Job 16:15; Psa 75:5, Psa 75:10, Psa 89:24, Psa 132:17; Jer 48:25; Luk 1:69
he hath: Psa 74:11
he burned: Deu 32:22; Psa 79:5, Psa 89:46; Isa 1:31, Isa 42:25; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Mal 4:1; Luk 3:17
bent: Lam 2:5, Lam 3:3, Lam 3:12, Lam 3:13; Job 6:4, Job 16:12-14; Isa 63:10; Jer 21:5, Jer 30:14
that were pleasant to the eye: Heb. the desirable of the eye, Eze 24:25
he poured: Lam 4:1; Ch2 34:21, Ch2 34:25; Isa 42:25, Isa 51:17-20, Isa 63:6; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Jer 21:5, Jer 21:12, Jer 36:7; Eze 5:13, Eze 6:12, Eze 22:22, Eze 36:18; Nah 1:2, Nah 1:6
was: Lam 2:4; Jer 15:1, Jer 30:14
he hath swallowed up Israel: Lam 2:2; Kg2 25:9; Ch2 36:16, Ch2 36:17; Jer 52:13
mourning: Eze 2:10
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." Psa 80:12, Psa 89:40; Isa 5:5, Isa 63:18, Isa 64:11
tabernacle: or, hedge
as if: Isa 1:8
the king: Lam 4:16, Lam 4:20, Lam 5:12; Isa 43:28; Jer. 52:11-27; Eze 12:12, Eze 12:13, Eze 17:18; Mal 2:9
cast off: Lam 2:1; Lev 26:31, Lev 26:44; Psa 78:59-61; Isa 64:10,Isa 64:11; Jer 7:12-14, Jer 26:6, Jer 26:18; Jer 52:13; Eze 7:20-22, Eze 24:21; Mic 3:12; Mat 24:2; Act 6:13, Act 6:14
given up: Heb. shut up, Lam 2:5; Ch2 36:19; Jer 32:29, Jer 33:3, Jer 33:4, Jer 39:8; Eze 7:24; Amo 2:5
they have: Psa. 72:4-20, Psa 74:3-8; Eze 7:21, Eze 7:22
purposed: Lam 2:17; Isa 5:5; Jer 5:10
stretched: Sa2 8:2; Kg2 21:13; Isa 28:17, Isa 34:11; Amo 7:7, Amo 7:8
he hath not: Job 13:21; Eze 20:22
destroying: Heb. swallowing up, Lam 2:2, Lam 2:5
gates: Neh 1:3; Jer 39:2, Jer 39:8, Jer 51:30, Jer 52:14
her king: Lam 1:3, Lam 4:15, Lam 4:20; Deu 28:36; Kg2 24:12-16, Kg2 25:7; Jer 52:8, Jer 52:9; Eze 12:13; Eze 17:20
the law: Ch2 15:3; Eze 7:26; Hos 3:4
her prophets: Psa 74:9; Amo 8:11, Amo 8:12; Mic 3:6, Mic 3:7
elders: Lam 4:5, Lam 4:16, Lam 5:12, Lam 5:14; Job 2:13; Isa 3:26, Isa 47:1, Isa 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. Lam 1:1
and keep: Lam 3:28; Jer 8:14; Amo 5:13, Amo 8:3
cast up: Jos 7:6; Sa2 13:19; Job 2:12; Rev 18:19
they have girded: Isa 15:3, Isa 36:22; Eze 7:18, Eze 27:31; Joe 1:8
the virgins: Lam 1:4; Amo 8:13
eyes: Lam 1:16, Lam 3:48-51; Sa1 30:4; Psa 6:7, Psa 31:9, Psa 69:3; Isa 38:14
my liver: Job 16:13; Psa 22:14
for: Lam 4:10; Isa 22:4; Jer 8:19-22, Jer 9:1, Jer 14:17
because: Lam 2:19, Lam 2:20, Lam 4:3, Lam 4:4, Lam 4:9, Lam 4:10; Luk 23:29
swoon: or, faint
as the: Eze 30:24
soul: Isa 53:12
shall I take: Lam 1:12; Dan 9:12
for: Sa2 5:20; Psa 60:2; Jer 14:17; Eze 26:3, Eze 26:4
who can: Jer 8:22, Jer 30:12-15, Jer 51:8, Jer 51:9
prophets: Isa 9:15, Isa 9:16; Jer 2:8, Jer 5:31, Jer 6:13, Jer 6:14, Jer 8:10,Jer 8:11, Jer 14:13-15, Jer 23:11-17; Jer 27:14-16, Jer 28:15, Jer 29:8, Jer 29:9, Jer 37:19; Eze 13:2-16; Mic 2:11, Mic 3:5-7; Pe2 2:1-3
they have: Isa 58:1; Jer 23:22; Eze 13:22
false: Jer 23:14-17, Jer 23:31, Jer 23:32, Jer 27:9, Jer 27:10; Eze 22:25, Eze 22:28; Mic 3:5; Zep 3:4
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: Deu 29:22-28; Kg1 9:7-9; Ch2 7:21; Jer 18:16
by: Heb. by the way
clap: Lam 1:8; Job 27:22, Job 27:23; Eze 25:6; Nah 3:19
they: Lam 2:16; Jer 19:8, Jer 25:9, Jer 25:18, Jer 29:18, Jer 51:37; Mic 6:16; Zep 2:15
wag: Kg2 19:21; Psa 22:7, Psa 44:14, Psa 44:15; Isa 37:22; Jer 18:16; Mat 27:39; Mar 15:29
Is this: Lam 2:6; Psa 48:2, Psa 50:2; Isa 64:11
thine: Lam 3:46; Job 16:9, Job 16:10; Psa 22:13, Psa 35:21, Psa 109:2
gnash: Psa 35:16, Psa 37:12, Psa 112:10; Act 7:54
We have swallowed: Psa 56:2, Psa 57:3, Psa 124:3; Isa 49:19; Jer 50:7, Jer 50:17, Jer 51:34; Eze 25:3, Eze 25:6, Eze 25:15; Eze 36:3; Hos 8:8; Zep 2:8-10
we have seen: Psa 35:21, Psa 41:8; Oba 1:12-16
done: Lam 2:8; Lev. 26:14-46; Deut. 28:15-68, Deu 29:18-23, Deu 31:16, Deu 31:17, Deu 32:15-27; Jer 18:11; Mic 2:3
he hath thrown: Lam 2:1, Lam 2:2; Eze 5:11, Eze 7:8, Eze 7:9, Eze 8:18, Eze 9:10
he hath caused: Lam 1:5; Deu 28:43, Deu 28:44; Psa 38:16, Psa 89:42
heart: Psa 119:145; Isa 26:16, Isa 26:17; Hos 7:14
let tears: Lam 1:2, Lam 1:16, Lam 3:48, Lam 3:49; Psa 119:136; Jer 4:31, Jer 9:1, Jer 9:17, Jer 9:18, Jer 13:17, Jer 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.
cry out: Psa 42:8, Psa 62:8, Psa 119:55, Psa 119:147, Psa 119:148; Isa 26:9; Mar 1:35; Luk 6:12
watches: Jdg 7:19; Mat 14:25; Mar 13:35
pour: Sa1 1:15, Sa1 7:6; Job 3:24; Psa 62:8, Psa 142:2
lift up: Psa 28:2, Psa 63:4, Psa 134:2, Psa 141:2; Ti1 2:8
that faint: Lam 2:11, Lam 2:12, Lam 4:1-9; Isa 51:20; Eze 5:10,Eze 5:16; Nah 3:10
consider: Exo 32:11; Deu 9:26; Isa 63:16-19, Isa 64:8-12; Jer 14:20-21
Shall the women: Lam 4:10; Lev 26:29; Deu 28:53-57; Kg2 6:28, Kg2 6:29; Jer 19:9; Eze 5:10
of a span long: or, swaddled with their hands
shall the priest: Lam 1:19, Lam 4:13, Lam 4:16; Psa 78:64; Isa 9:14-17; Jer 5:31, Jer 14:15-18, Jer 23:11-15; Eze 9:5, Eze 9:6
young: Deu 28:50; Jos 6:21; Sa1 15:3; Ch2 36:17; Est 3:13; Jer 51:22; Eze 9:6
my virgins: Lam 1:15, Lam 1:18; Psa 78:63; Jer 9:21, Jer 11:22, Jer 18:21; Amo 4:10
thou hast killed: Lam 2:2, Lam 2:17, Lam 3:43; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14, Jer 21:7; Eze 5:11, Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 8:18; Eze 9:5, Eze 9:10; Zac 11:6
my terrors: Psa 31:13; Isa 24:17, Isa 24:18; Jer 6:25, Jer 20:3, Jer 46:5; Amo 9:1-4
those: Deu 28:18; Jer 16:2-4; Hos 9:12-16; Luk 23:29, Luk 23:30