John Trapp on Lamentations 2:5

Ver. 5. The Lord was an enemy] This, the ſecure and fooliſh people would not be drawn to beleeve, till now they felt it: therefore it is ſo reiterated.

He hath ſwallowed up Iſrael, he hath deſtroyed, &c.] This he had ſaid before,Redundanti copia exponit quae autea dixcrat. ver. 2. but in caſes of this kind people love to ſay the ſame things over and over.

And hath increaſed—mourning and lamentation] Heb. lamentation and lamentation, q. d. this is all he hath left us. And this ſhe ſpeaketh mourning, but not murmuring: non litem intendit Deo, ſed confeſſionem edit.