Lamentations 2:6 Meaning and Explanation
“And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.”
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Read Full Chapter →The LORD has torn down his own tabernacle and caused the appointed feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion.
What Does Lamentations 2:6 Mean?
God has swept away his own tabernacle 'as if it were of a garden' — as easily as one tears down a flimsy booth in a vineyard at season's end. The dwelling place that seemed eternal is treated as something temporary and disposable. The places of assembly, where the people gathered before God, are destroyed.
The deepest loss is the silencing of worship itself: the feasts and sabbaths are made to be forgotten in Zion. The rhythms that ordered the nation's life with God have stopped. King and priest, the two anointed offices that bound heaven and earth together, are both despised in his anger. When worship ceases and both crown and altar fall, the people are left to wonder how, and whether, they will ever come near to God again.
Lamentations 2:6 in the Original Language
mo'ed (מוֹעֵד), 'solemn feasts' -- the appointed times set for meeting God, now made to be forgotten.
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What does Lamentations 2:6 mean?
The LORD has torn down his own tabernacle and caused the appointed feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion.