Lamentations 1: 9,16, 21. So, the Lord brought destruction to His people because of their many sins. The enemy came and overtook the land and took her people captive. The enemy destroyed the land and took all the temple's instruments. Jeremiah wanted his enemies to experience what he was experiencing for the devastation was great. The enemies had won for brink of time but in the end of God's word the people of God wins.