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Lamentations 2:5

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

The Lord was as an enemy,.... Who formerly was on their side, their God and guardian, their protector and deliverer, but now against them; and a terrible thing it is to have God for an enemy, or even to be as one; this is repeated, as being exceeding distressing, and even intolerable.

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