Lamentations 2:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 2:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 2:6 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 2:6 — KJV
“And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. tabernacle: or, hedge”
— Lamentations 2:6 (KJV)
Lamentations 2:6 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:6
“And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:6: hath, taken, away
“But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:6: hath, taken, away
“And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:6: away, places, lord
“But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:6: hath, taken, away
“The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:6: hath, taken, away
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