Lamentations 2:3
He hath cut off in his fierce anger iall the horn of Israel: he jhath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
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Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Psalms 75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
Psalms 92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Lamentations 2:17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
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Psalms 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalms 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Jeremiah 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
that is, the beauty and strength of Israel, so horn signifieth by a usual metaphor in Scripture, Psa 74:4 Jer 48:25, &c., the horn being much the beauty of the beast, as also that member by which the beast puts forth its strength in assaulting its adversary.
either God hath drawn back his assistance which he was wont to give the Jews against their enemies; or Israel, through God’s leaving of them, hath drawn back his right hand; but it seems rather to be understood of God’s weakening the Israelites’ right hands, so as they were not able to hold them up (as before) against their enemies.
God had consumed them, not in this or that part, but round about, as a fire seizing a house or heap of combustible matter at once, on all sides.