Lamentations 2:22You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; There was none that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh's anger: Those that I have dandled and brought up has my enemy consumed.
The setting
Jerusalem, 587 BC. What should be a festival day becomes a massacre. Parents who raised children with tender care watch them die. Modern Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: hypervigilant terror, no safe direction to turn
The original word
māgôr (מגור) — terror, fear from all sides - complete psychological siege
Why it matters
Babylonian siege tactics included psychological warfare - making populations watch family members die
Read with care
What most readers miss in Lamentations 2:22
dandled means bounced on the knee - these were babies the parents personally raised from birth
Common misconceptionThis sounds like God randomly got angry, but this was the fulfillment of specific covenant warnings given 800 years earlier when Israel chose idolatry.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Lamentations 2:22 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Lamentations 2:22 comes from the book of Lamentations, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to Jeremiah. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine judgment, fear. Notable phrases: terrors on every side; day of Yahweh's anger. This verse is a prayer.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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