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God as the Attacker
Commentators highlight the shocking reversal of imagery in this verse. God, who once used His powerful 'right hand' to protect and save Israel, is now depicted as standing 'like an enemy,' bending a bow against them. This stark picture is meant to convey the severity of the judgment and how completely God has turned against His people's sin.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 2:4
18th Century
Theologian
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 d…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 2:4
19th Century
Bishop
He stood with his right hand ... —The point of the phrase is that the “right hand,” the natural symbol of divine power, which had …
John Calvin
On Lamentations 2:4
16th Century
Theologian
He now employs another metaphor: God, who was accustomed to defend His people, now took up arms against them. For, in stating a part for the whole,…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 2:4
17th Century
Pastor
He has bent his bow like an enemy God sometimes appears as if he was an enemy to his people, when he is not, by his condu…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 2:1–9
17th Century
Minister
A sad representation is made here of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel; but the focus seems mostly to be on the hand of the Lord in th…