Lamentations 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. He hath bent his bow like an enemy - (Isaiah 63:10, "Therefore He was turned to be their enemy, and He fought against them").

He stood with his right hand. He took His stand so as to use His right hand as an adversary. Henderson makes the image to be that of an archer steadying his right hand to take aim. Not only did He withdraw His help, but also took arms against Israel.

Slew all that were pleasant to the eye - (Ezekiel 24:25, "I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds") all that were conspicuous for youth, beauty, and rank.

In the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion - not the temple, but the dwellings of Jerusalem. [He (h)]

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.