This, I suggest, is quite wrong. All the violence of the Babylonians, Edomites, and others against Zion is culpable and liable to punishment. While God used the evil actions of humans to bring about his righteous judgment, this does not make those human actions righteous. The enemies were not seeking to bring about YHWH’s righteous judgment on Zion. Their goal was quite different, and their actions were sinful. No attempt is made in Lamentations to explain how human freedom and responsibility are
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