Lam 2:2, 5 | ESV | STEP | The Lord has swallowed up without mercy all the habitations of Jacob ; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah ; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers .

g[See ver. 4 above]

h ver. 16; [Ps. 35:25; 56:2; Ezek. 36:3]

Lamentations 2:2

2 The Lord ^ahas swallowed up ^bwithout mercy
all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath ^che has broken down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought ^ddown to the ground ^ein dishonor
the kingdom ^fand its rulers.

Lamentations 2:5

5 ^gThe Lord has become like an enemy;
^hhe has swallowed up Israel;
ⁱhe has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
^jmourning and lamentation.