Lamentations 2:2-4
Christian Standard Bible
ב Beth
2 Without compassion(A) the Lord has swallowed up
all the dwellings of Jacob.
In his wrath he has demolished
the fortified cities(B) of Daughter Judah.
He brought them to the ground
and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.(C)
ג Gimel
3 He has cut off every horn(D) of Israel
in his burning anger
and withdrawn his right hand(E)
in the presence of the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything.(F)
ד Daleth
4 He has strung his bow like an enemy;(G)
his right hand is positioned like an adversary.
He has killed everyone who was the delight to the eye,(H)
pouring out his wrath like fire
on the tent of Daughter Zion.
Lamentations 2:2-4
King James Version
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
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Lamentations 2:2-4
New King James Version
2 The Lord has swallowed up and has (A)not pitied
All the dwelling places of Jacob.
He has thrown down in His wrath
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
(B)He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3 He has cut off in fierce anger
Every [a]horn of Israel;
(C)He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
(D)He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
Devouring all around.
4 (E)Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;
With His right hand, like an adversary,
He has slain (F)all who were pleasing to His eye;
On the tent of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:3 Strength
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