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Lamentations 2 — Sermon Preparation
The Lord has become like an enemy, destroying the city, its temple, its feasts, and its leaders; the prophet weeps with no comfort in sight. Below is a research summary for Lamentations 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 24
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Lamentations 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּת | bath | H1323 | 12 | daughter |
| צִיּוֹן | Tsîyôwn | H6726 | 7 | Tsijon, capital |
| אֹיֵב | ʼôyêb | H341 | 7 | hating, adversary |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 7 | Lord |
| בָּלַע | bâlaʻ | H1104 | 5 | make away with, swallowing |
| שָׁפַךְ | shâphak | H8210 | 4 | spill forth, expend |
| חוֹמָה | chôwmâh | H2346 | 4 | wall |
How preachers through history handled this text
24 public-domain excerpts on Lamentations 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“22. Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. 22. Vocasti tanquam ad diem festum terrores meos undique, et nou fuit in die indignationis Jehovae superstes ac residuus; quos enutrivi et educavi, hostis meus consumpsit cos (sed abundat relativum.) Here he uses a most appropriate metaphor, to show that the people had been brought to the narrowest straits; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 5, on Lamentations 2:22–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Lam 2:1
- Jerusalem— Lam 2:10
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