Lam 2:5, Amo 3:11 | 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]

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.

Amos 3:11

11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

^e“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down ^{▼▼Hebrew An adversary, one who surrounds the land—he shall bring down} your defenses from you,
and ^gyour strongholds shall be plundered.”