Lam 2:5 | ESV | STEP | The Lord has become like an enemy ; he has swallowed up Israel ; he has swallowed up all its palaces ; he has laid in ruins its strongholds , and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation .

a[See ver. 4 above]

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

Lamentations 2:5

5 ^aThe Lord has become like an enemy;
^bhe has swallowed up Israel;
^che has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
^dmourning and lamentation.