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Poetic visual interpretation: An unheld ancient bow lies diagonally in shadow beside charred fabric, disclosed metaphor for the poem's enemy comparison, no divine archer.
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Lamentations 2:4

The Bow Like an Enemy

Devastation and the Cry in the Night · Lamentations 2

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 2:4. An unheld ancient bow lies diagonally in shadow beside charred fabric, disclosed metaphor for the poem's enemy comparison, no divine archer. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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4He bent his bow like an enemy; his right hand stood ready like a foe, and he killed all who were pleasing to the eye in the tent of daughter Zion; he poured out his wrath like fire.

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