1. Lamentations 2:3 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

How is the withdrawal of the LORD's protection and His execution of judgement described?

Lamentations 2:3 (NEG79)

3 Il a, dans son ardente colère, abattu toute la force d'Israël; Il a retiré sa droite en présence de l'ennemi; Il a allumé dans Jacob des flammes de feu, Qui dévorent de tous côtés.

He has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob, consuming all around (see also Psalm 2:12; Isaiah 30:27). Like an all-consuming fire his aggression spared nothing and no one.1 The words burned, flaming fire, and consuming are typically used to portray the full force of God’s wrath (see Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 44:6; Amos 1:2–2:4; Amos 5:6).2 God's withdrawal of his protection did not mean that he is absent or passive, but active in judgment, i.e. like an all-consuming fire.