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Lamentations 2:1
How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The lamenting speaker addresses the national catastrophe striking Jerusalem, describing a moment when God actively intervenes to judge the city and its leadership.
The words — The Hebrew verb יָעִיב (ya'îv) literally means "he covers with a cloud," paired with אֵיכָה ('ēkāh), a sharp exclamation of grief meaning "how!"
The thread — The reference to God's footstool connects to Psalms 132:7, where it denotes a place of worship, while the imagery of divine anger enveloping the people reappears in Lamentations 3:43.
Why it lands — The text states that God covered Zion with His anger, cast Israel's glory to earth, and abandoned His footstool, demanding acknowledgment of His sovereign judgment in their collapse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
- Psalms 132:7 Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.
- Lamentations 3:43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
- Ezekiel 28:14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
- Luke 10:18 So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
- Revelation 12:7 Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
- Psalms 99:5 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
- Isaiah 14:12 How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
- Ezekiel 30:18 The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
- Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.