Albert Barnes Commentary Lamentations 2:4

Albert Barnes Commentary

Lamentations 2:4

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Lamentations 2:4

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire." — Lamentations 2:4 (ASV)

He stood with his right hand ... - that is, that right hand so often stretched out to help now grasped a weapon ready for Judah’s destruction.

Were pleasant - Or, it was “pleasant.” Put a full stop after “eye.” Begin the third couplet thus:

In the tabernacle - (or, tent) of the daughter of Zion.