Lamentations 2:4

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 2:5 continues the depiction of God as an enemy destroying Israel, directly expanding on the same theme.

Lamentations 3:12 explicitly says 'He bent his bow and set me as a target,' directly matching the bow imagery here.

Lamentations 1:13 also uses fire sent from God to describe Jerusalem's suffering — here the fire is poured out as a weapon.

Lamentations 3:3 shows God's hand turned against the sufferer, paralleling the enemy hand imagery here.

Job 6:4 Parallel

In Job 6:4, the same arrow imagery describes God's personal attack; Lam 2:4 applies this to national judgment.

Nahum 1:6 Parallel

Nahum 1:6 uses the same 'poured out like fire' imagery for God's wrath — here that fire consumes his own people.

In Ezekiel 24:25, God takes away 'the delight of their eyes'; this exact phrase echoes the killing of those delightful in Lam 2:4.

Ezekiel 22:22 Related theme

Ezekiel 22:22 says God poured out His wrath like silver melted in a furnace—a direct parallel to the 'poured out fury like fire' image.

Ezekiel 6:12 Related theme

Ezekiel 6:12 declares God will spend His fury through sword, famine, pestilence—showing the same divine wrath being executed on His people.

Ezekiel 5:13 Related theme

Ezekiel 5:13 has God venting His fury and satisfying His anger—echoing the personal, intense judgment language of God pouring out fury.

In Jeremiah 30:14, God strikes with the blow of an enemy due to sin; this parallels the enemy-like judgment in Lam 2:4.

In Jeremiah 21:5, God declares He will fight Jerusalem with fury; this is the same divine warfare seen in Lam 2:4.

In Isaiah 63:10, God explicitly turns enemy against the rebellious; this explains the divine hostility in Lam 2:4.

In Job 16:12-14, God breaks and pours out like an enemy; this deepens the depiction of divine hostility in Lam 2:4.

Jeremiah 6:12 Related theme

Jeremiah 6:12 warns of God's hand against the land — here that hand is bent like a bow against Zion.

Ezekiel 7:8 Parallel

Ezekiel 7:8 warns of pouring out wrath — here that pouring is described as fire from God's hand against Zion.

Ezekiel 9:7 Parallel

Ezekiel 9:7 commands defiling the temple and filling it with slain — a similarly graphic depiction of God's judgment on Jerusalem.

Isaiah 64:10 laments Zion and Jerusalem become a wilderness — here God himself lays them waste like an enemy.

Nahum 1:2 Parallel

Nahum 1:2 describes God as avenger against his enemies — here God treats Israel as that enemy, pouring out fury.

Habakkuk 3:9 depicts God's bow stripped and arrows ready — mirroring the 'bent his bow like an enemy' imagery in Lamentations 2:4.

Jeremiah 10:20 laments the destroyed tent (household) — here the tent of Zion is where God killed the delightful ones.

Numbers 22:22 shows God's angel as an adversary to Balaam — here God himself becomes the adversary to Zion.