How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
Significantly, the details of this chapter could hardly have been provided by any other than an eyewitness of the destruction, which points squarely to Jeremiah as the author, as traditionally accepted.  Green also noticed this: "The tone of it places this chapter very near the year 587 B.C. when the tragedy occurred.  In fact, it appears to be an eyewitness account of that tragedy."[4]  The chapter has been subdivided variously by different scholars; but we shall follow this outline: (1) a graphic picture of the divine visitation  (Lamentations 2:1-10); (2) details regarding the distress and despair of the people  (Lamentations 2:11-17); and (3) the prayer of the people to God for help  (Lamentations 2:18-22).  "This prayer is different from the one in the previous chapter, "Because the element of imprecation is missing from it."[5]