Lamentations 2:7

The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֤י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
off	זָנַ֨ח za.Nach	H2186	reject · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
altar	מִזְבְּחוֹ֙ miz.be.Cho	H4196	an altar · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
abhorred	נִאֵ֣ר ni.'Er	H5010	to reject · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sanctuary	מִקְדָּשׁ֔וֹ mik.da.Sho	H4720	a consecrated thing or place · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
up	הִסְגִּיר֙ his.Gir	H5462	to shut up · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hand	בְּיַד be.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
enemy	אוֹיֵ֔ב 'o.Yev	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
walls	חוֹמֹ֖ת cho.Mot	H2346	a wall of protection · noun, common feminine plural construct
palaces	אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ 'ar.me.no.Tei.ha	H759	a citadel (from its height) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
made	נָתְנ֥וּ na.te.Nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
noise	ק֛וֹל Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	בְּבֵית be.veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
day	כְּי֥וֹם ke.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
feast	מוֹעֵֽד mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 74:3-8 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Amos 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 24:21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of…
Psalms 78:59-61 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Jeremiah 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with…
Ezekiel 7:20-22 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things there…
Leviticus 26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utter…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:1-9

It is a very sad representation which is here made of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel, of Zion and Jerusalem; but the emphasis in these verses seems to be laid all along upon the hand of God in the calamities which they were groaning under. The grief is not so much that such and such things are done as that God has done them, that he appears angry with them; it is he that chastens them, and chastens them in wrath and in his hot displeasure; he has become their enemy, and fights against them; and this, this is the wormwood and the gall in the affliction and the misery. I. Time was when God's delight was in his church, and he appeared to her, and appeared for her, as a friend. B…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:7

they . . . made a noise in . . . house of . . . Lord, as in . . . feast--The foe's shout of triumph in the captured temple bore a resemblance (but oh, how sad a contrast as to the occasion of it!) to the joyous thanksgivings we used to offer in the same place at our "solemn feasts" (compare Lam 2:22).

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:7

They have made a noise in the house of the Lord - Instead of the silver trumpets of the sanctuary, nothing but the sounds of warlike instruments are to be heard.

John Gill on Lamentations 2:7

The Lord hath cast off his altar,.... Whether of incense, or of burnt offerings; the sacrifices of which used to be acceptable to him; but now the altar being cast down and demolished, there were no more offerings; nor did he show any desire of them, but the reverse: he hath abhorred his sanctuary; the temple; by suffering it to be profaned, pulled down, and burnt, it looked as if he had an abhorrence of it, and the service in it; as he had, as it was performed without faith in Christ, love to him, or any view to his glory; see Isaiah 1:13; he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; both the walls of the sanctuary, and the walls of the houses of the kin, and prin…

Dictionary and topics

Church · HOUSE OF THE LOR — HOUSE OF THE LOR
Incest · .The people of Israe — .The people of Israe
Sanctuary · The Holy Place in the temple — The Holy Place in the temple

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Lamentations 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:7

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:7

John Gill on Lamentations 2:7

Dictionary and topics

Lamentations 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:7

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:7

John Gill on Lamentations 2:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Lamentations 2:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Lamentations 2:6-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Lamentations 2:7

Rashi on Lamentations 2:7