Lamentations 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

His bow. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.

all that were pleasant to the eye. Hebrew. all the desires of the eye; "eye" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Adjunct), for the things desired by it.

eye. Transfer here the colon which is wrongly placed after Zion.

tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. App-40.

Zion: place this colon after "eye" in preceding line, and connect Zion with the verb which follows.

Lamentations 2:4

4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasantb to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.