Lamentations 2:7
in Lamentations 2The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 Jehovah, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
KJV
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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This verse in Lamentations 2
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThey 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.
This site's exposition
The Lord has rejected His altar
on Lamentations 2:7-9
The enemy shouts in the temple “as on the day of an appointed feast”, the sound of worship turned to mockery. The silence is named as judgment too: “the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD”.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Here is described the destruction of edifices inside the temple. First as to religion regarding the altar. For, the altar of holocausts: "The Lord has scorned his altar", Namely, handing over the altar for enemies to profane. Second: "disowned his sanctuary." That is, regarding pleasing …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
); it has been defiled with sin, that only thing which he hates, and for the sake of that he abhors even his sanctuary, which he had delighted in and called his rest for ever, Ps. cxxxii.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
But, when it is done, he has stretched out a line, a measuring line, to do it exactly and by measure: hitherto the destruction shall go, and no further; no more shall be cut off than what is marked to be so. Or it is meant of the line of confusion ( Isa. xxxiv.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
The altar was the table of the Lord, but God will no longer keep house among them; he will neither feast them nor feast with them. They had been blest with prophets and teachers of the law; but now the law is no more (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
They - The enemies with their triumphs and blasphemies, made as great a noise, as those that sang holy songs, or played on instruments, were wont to make to the glory of God.
2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The Lord hath cast off his altar,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
sanctuary - The holy of holies; “the walls of her palaces” are those of the sacred buildings.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זָנַ֨ח | zanach | he has rejected | H2186 → | 20 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֤י׀ | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| מִזְבְּחוֹ֙ | mizbecho | altar his | H4196 → | |
| נִאֵ֣ר | nier | he has repudiated | H5010 → | |
| מִקְדָּשׁ֔וֹ | mikdasho | sanctuary his | H4720 → | 75 times |
| הִסְגִּיר֙ | hisgir | he has delivered up | H5462 → | |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אוֹיֵ֔ב | ʾoyev | an enemy | H341 → | 282 times |
| חוֹמֹ֖ת | chomot | [the] walls of | H2346 → | 133 times |
| אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ | ʾarmenoteiha | palaces its | H759 → | |
| ק֛וֹל | kol | voice | H6963 → | |
| נָתְנ֥וּ | natenu | people have given forth | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּבֵית־ | beveit- | in [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כְּי֥וֹם | keyom | like [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ ס | moed | an appointed feast | H4150 → | 223 times |
זָנַ֨חhe has rejected
zanachH2186 →20 times
אֲדֹנָ֤י׀[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
מִזְבְּחוֹ֙altar his
mizbechoH4196 →
נִאֵ֣רhe has repudiated
nierH5010 →
מִקְדָּשׁ֔וֹsanctuary his
mikdashoH4720 →75 times
הִסְגִּיר֙he has delivered up
hisgirH5462 →
בְּיַד־in [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
אוֹיֵ֔בan enemy
ʾoyevH341 →282 times
חוֹמֹ֖ת[the] walls of
chomotH2346 →133 times
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָpalaces its
ʾarmenoteihaH759 →
ק֛וֹלvoice
kolH6963 →
נָתְנ֥וּpeople have given forth
natenuH5414 →2011 times
בְּבֵית־in [the] house of
beveit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כְּי֥וֹםlike [the] day of
keyomH3117 →2304 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃ סan appointed feast
moedH4150 →223 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 2:5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
it leads to
- Hosea 8:14
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
- Jeremiah 17:27
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an…
- Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…
- Hosea 8:14
Through
Ezekiel 24:21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 23:47
The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
- Jeremiah 7:14
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
- Ezekiel 23:25
And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They…
- Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Ezekiel 24:16
“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
- Ezekiel 23:47
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About Lamentations
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.