Lamentations 2:4 already portrays God as an enemy with bow and fire; 2:5 expands on this by describing him swallowing and ruining.

Lamentations 2:2 uses nearly identical language: 'The Lord has swallowed up... broken down strongholds' — the same destruction.

In Lamentations 2:8, God stretches out the measuring line to destroy the wall — further detail on the systematic destruction here.

In Lamentations 2:7, God rejects the sanctuary and gives up palace walls to the enemy — elaborating on the same destruction theme here.

2 Kings 25:9 recounts the burning of Jerusalem's buildings — the historical event behind Lamentations 2:5's 'laid in ruins its strongholds'.

Jeremiah 52:13 records the actual burning of the temple and palaces by Babylon—the historical event behind God's destroying action here.

Jeremiah 30:14 says God struck with the blow of an enemy — directly paralleling Lamentations 2:5's 'Lord has become like an enemy'.

2 Chronicles 36:17 describes the Chaldean invasion killing all ages — the specific fulfillment of God swallowing up Israel in Lamentations 2:5.

2 Chronicles 36:16 explains that God's wrath rose because the people mocked his prophets — giving the cause of the destruction Lamentations 2:5 describes.

In Psalm 89:40, God breaks down walls and lays strongholds in ruins — same imagery of divine destruction as here.

In Isaiah 27:10, the fortified city is deserted and forsaken — matching the ruins of palaces and strongholds here.

In Isaiah 63:10, God turns to be their enemy and fights against them — the same divine opposition seen here.

In Jeremiah 6:12, God stretches out his hand in judgment, turning houses over to others — similar divine destruction of property here.

In Ezekiel 5:8, God declares He is against Jerusalem, directly echoing the Lord as an enemy in Lamentations 2:5.

In Jeremiah 21:4, God turns Judah's weapons against them, bringing the enemy into the city — same divine opposition as here.

In Jeremiah 21:5, God declares He will fight against them with wrath — directly matching God's enmity described here.

Job 19:11 says God counts Job as his adversary—the same idea of God acting as an enemy, reinforcing the personal dimension of divine judgment.

1 Samuel 28:16 says 'the LORD has turned from you and become your enemy'—the exact phrase echoed when God acts as an enemy here.

Job 13:24 asks why God counts Job as an enemy—mirroring the Lord becoming an enemy here, deepening the theme of divine opposition.

Amos 6:8 has God detesting fortresses and delivering the city, mirroring Lamentations 2:5's destruction of palaces and strongholds.

Jeremiah 15:1 declares that even great intercessors could not change God's mind — underscoring the severity of the judgment in Lamentations 2:5.

Job 19:10 says God breaks him down on every side—similar to God breaking down strongholds here, both depict God as destroyer.