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World English Bible
Lamentations 2 (WEBP)
[1] How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
[2] The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
[3] He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
[4] He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire.
[5] The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
[6] He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest.
[7] The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
[8] Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together.
[9] Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.
[10] The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
[11] My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My bile is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.
[12] They ask their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
[13] What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?
[14] Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. They have not uncovered your iniquity, to reverse your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.
[15] All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”
[16] All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
[17] Yahweh has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
[18] Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest.
[19] Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
[20] “Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
[21] “The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied.
[22] “You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
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King James w/Strong’s #s
Lamentations 2 (KJVS)
[1] How hath the Lord H136 covered H5743 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 with a cloud H5743 (8686) in his anger H639, [and] cast down H7993 (8689) from heaven H8064 unto the earth H776 the beauty H8597 of Israel H3478, and remembered H2142 (8804) not his footstool H1916 H7272 in the day H3117 of his anger H639!
[2] The Lord H136 hath swallowed up H1104 (8765) all the habitations H4999 of Jacob H3290, and hath not pitied H2550 (8804): he hath thrown down H2040 (8804) in his wrath H5678 the strong holds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063; he hath brought [them] down H5060 (8689) to the ground H776: he hath polluted H2490 (8765) the kingdom H4467 and the princes H8269 thereof.
[3] He hath cut off H1438 (8804) in [his] fierce H2750 anger H639 all the horn H7161 of Israel H3478: he hath drawn H7725 (8689) back H268 his right hand H3225 from before H6440 the enemy H341 (8802), and he burned H1197 (8799) against Jacob H3290 like a flaming H3852 fire H784, [which] devoureth H398 (8804) round about H5439.
[4] He hath bent H1869 (8804) his bow H7198 like an enemy H341 (8802): he stood H5324 (8737) with his right hand H3225 as an adversary H6862, and slew H2026 (8799) all [that were] pleasant H4261 to the eye H5869 in the tabernacle H168 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726: he poured out H8210 (8804) his fury H2534 like fire H784.
[5] The Lord H136 was as an enemy H341 (8802): he hath swallowed up H1104 (8765) Israel H3478, he hath swallowed up H1104 (8765) all her palaces H759: he hath destroyed H7843 (8765) his strong holds H4013, and hath increased H7235 (8686) in the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063 mourning H8386 and lamentation H592.
[6] And he hath violently taken away H2554 (8799) his tabernacle H7900, as [if it were of] a garden H1588: he hath destroyed H7843 (8765) his places of the assembly H4150: the LORD H3068 hath caused the solemn feasts H4150 and sabbaths H7676 to be forgotten H7911 (8765) in Zion H6726, and hath despised H5006 (8799) in the indignation H2195 of his anger H639 the king H4428 and the priest H3548.
[7] The Lord H136 hath cast off H2186 (8804) his altar H4196, he hath abhorred H5010 (8765) his sanctuary H4720, he hath given up H5462 (8689) into the hand H3027 of the enemy H341 (8802) the walls H2346 of her palaces H759; they have made H5414 (8804) a noise H6963 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, as in the day H3117 of a solemn feast H4150.
[8] The LORD H3068 hath purposed H2803 (8804) to destroy H7843 (8687) the wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726: he hath stretched out H5186 (8804) a line H6957, he hath not withdrawn H7725 (8689) his hand H3027 from destroying H1104 (8763): therefore he made the rampart H2426 and the wall H2346 to lament H56 (8686); they languished H535 (8797) together H3162.
[9] Her gates H8179 are sunk H2883 (8804) into the ground H776; he hath destroyed H6 (8765) and broken H7665 (8765) her bars H1280: her king H4428 and her princes H8269 [are] among the Gentiles H1471: the law H8451 [is] no [more]; her prophets H5030 also find H4672 (8804) no vision H2377 from the LORD H3068.
[10] The elders H2205 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 sit H3427 (8799) upon the ground H776, [and] keep silence H1826 (8799): they have cast up H5927 (8689) dust H6083 upon their heads H7218; they have girded H2296 (8804) themselves with sackcloth H8242: the virgins H1330 of Jerusalem H3389 hang down H3381 (8689) their heads H7218 to the ground H776.
[11] Mine eyes H5869 do fail H3615 (8804) with tears H1832, my bowels H4578 are troubled H2560 (8777), my liver H3516 is poured H8210 (8738) upon the earth H776, for the destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971; because the children H5768 and the sucklings H3243 (8802) swoon H5848 (8736) in the streets H7339 of the city H7151.
[12] They say H559 (8799) to their mothers H517, Where [is] corn H1715 and wine H3196? when they swooned H5848 (8692) as the wounded H2491 in the streets H7339 of the city H5892, when their soul H5315 was poured out H8210 (8692) into their mothers H517’ bosom H2436.
[13] What thing shall I take to witness H5749 (8686) (8675) H5749 (8799) for thee? what thing H4100 shall I liken H1819 (8762) to thee, O daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389? what shall I equal H7737 (8686) to thee, that I may comfort H5162 (8762) thee, O virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion H6726? for thy breach H7667 [is] great H1419 like the sea H3220: who can heal H7495 (8799) thee?
[14] Thy prophets H5030 have seen H2372 (8804) vain H7723 and foolish things H8602 for thee: and they have not discovered H1540 (8765) thine iniquity H5771, to turn away H7725 (8687) thy captivity H7622 (8675) H7622; but have seen H2372 (8799) for thee false H7723 burdens H4864 and causes of banishment H4065.
[15] All that pass H5674 (8802) by clap H5606 (8804) [their] hands H3709 at thee H1870; they hiss H8319 (8804) and wag H5128 (8686) their head H7218 at the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389, [saying, Is] this the city H5892 that [men] call H559 (8799) The perfection H3632 of beauty H3308, The joy H4885 of the whole earth H776?
[16] All thine enemies H341 (8802) have opened H6475 (8804) their mouth H6310 against thee: they hiss H8319 (8804) and gnash H2786 (8799) the teeth H8127: they say H559 (8804), We have swallowed [her] up H1104 (8765): certainly H389 this [is] the day H3117 that we looked for H6960 (8765); we have found H4672 (8804), we have seen H7200 (8804) [it].
[17] The LORD H3068 hath done H6213 (8804) [that] which he had devised H2161 (8804); he hath fulfilled H1214 (8765) his word H565 that he had commanded H6680 (8765) in the days H3117 of old H6924: he hath thrown down H2040 (8804), and hath not pitied H2550 (8804): and he hath caused [thine] enemy H341 (8802) to rejoice H8055 (8762) over thee, he hath set up H7311 (8689) the horn H7161 of thine adversaries H6862.
[18] Their heart H3820 cried H6817 (8804) unto the Lord H136, O wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726, let tears H1832 run down H3381 (8685) like a river H5158 day H3119 and night H3915: give H5414 (8799) thyself no rest H6314; let not the apple H1323 of thine eye H5869 cease H1826 (8799).
[19] Arise H6965 (8798), cry out H7442 (8798) in the night H3915: in the beginning H7218 of the watches H821 pour out H8210 (8798) thine heart H3820 like water H4325 before H5227 the face H6440 of the Lord H136: lift up H5375 (8798) thy hands H3709 toward him for the life H5315 of thy young children H5768, that faint H5848 (8803) for hunger H7458 in the top H7218 of every street H2351.
[20] Behold H7200 (8798), O LORD H3068, and consider H5027 (8685) to whom thou hast done H5953 (8782) this H3541. Shall the women H802 eat H398 (8799) their fruit H6529, [and] children H5768 of a span long H2949? shall the priest H3548 and the prophet H5030 be slain H2026 (8735) in the sanctuary H4720 of the Lord H136?
[21] The young H5288 and the old H2205 lie H7901 (8804) on the ground H776 in the streets H2351: my virgins H1330 and my young men H970 are fallen H5307 (8804) by the sword H2719; thou hast slain H2026 (8804) [them] in the day H3117 of thine anger H639; thou hast killed H2873 (8804), [and] not pitied H2550 (8804).
[22] Thou hast called H7121 (8799) as in a solemn H4150 day H3117 my terrors H4032 round about H5439, so that in the day H3117 of the LORD’S H3068 anger H639 none escaped H6412 nor remained H8300: those that I have swaddled H2946 (8765) and brought up H7235 (8765) hath mine enemy H341 (8802) consumed H3615 (8765).
Young’s Literal Translation
Lamentations 2 (YLT)
[1] How doth the Lord cloud in His anger the daughter of Zion, He hath cast from heaven to earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.
[2] Swallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken down in His wrath The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, He hath caused to come to the earth, He polluted the kingdom and its princes.
[3] He hath cut off in the heat of anger every horn of Israel, He hath turned backward His right hand From the face of the enemy, And He burneth against Jacob as a flaming fire, It hath devoured round about.
[4] He hath trodden His bow as an enemy, Stood hath His right hand as an adversary, And He slayeth all the desirable ones of the eye, In the tent of the daughter of Zion, He hath poured out as fire His fury.
[5] The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.
[6] And He shaketh as a garden His tabernacle, He hath destroyed His appointed place, Jehovah hath forgotten in Zion the appointed time and sabbath, And despiseth, in the indignation of His anger, king and priest.
[7] The Lord hath cast off His altar, He hath rejected His sanctuary, He hath shut up into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces, A noise they have made in the house of Jehovah Like a day of appointment.
[8] Devised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together-they have been weak.
[9] Sunk into the earth have her gates, He hath destroyed and broken her bars, Her king and her princes are among the nations, There is no law, also her prophets Have not found vision from Jehovah.
[10] Sit on the earth-keep silent do the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have caused dust to go up on their head, They have girded on sackcloth, Put down to the earth their head have the virgins of Jerusalem.
[11] Consumed by tears have been my eyes, Troubled have been my bowels, Poured out to the earth hath been my liver, For the breach of the daughter of my people; In infant and suckling being feeble, In the broad places of the city,
[12] To their mothers they say, ‘Where are corn and wine?’ In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In the broad places of the city, In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers.
[13] What do I testify to thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea is thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?
[14] Thy prophets have seen for thee a false and insipid thing, And have not revealed concerning thine iniquity, To turn back thy captivity, And they see for thee false burdens and causes of expulsion.
[15] Clapped hands at thee have all passing by the way, They have hissed-and they shake the head At the daughter of Jerusalem: ‘Is this the city of which they said: The perfection of beauty, a joy to all the land?’
[16] Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: ‘We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found-we have seen.’
[17] Jehovah hath done that which He devised, He hath fulfilled His saying That He commanded from the days of old, He hath broken down and hath not pitied, And causeth an enemy to rejoice over thee, He lifted up the horn of thine adversaries.
[18] Cried hath their heart unto the Lord; O wall of the daughter of Zion, Cause to go down as a stream tears daily and nightly, Give not rest to thyself, Let not the daughter of thine eye stand still.
[19] Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all out-places.
[20] See, O Jehovah, and look attentively, To whom Thou hast acted thus, Do women eat their fruit, infants of a handbreadth? Slain in the sanctuary of the Lord are priest and prophet?
[21] Lain on the earth in out-places have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword, Thou hast slain in a day of Thine anger, Thou hast slaughtered-Thou hast not pitied.
[22] Thou dost call as at a day of appointment, My fears from round about, And there hath not been in the day of the anger of Jehovah, An escaped and remaining one, They whom I stretched out and nourished, My enemy hath consumed!