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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 He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament.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 covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud () in his anger , [and] cast down () from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel , and remembered () not his footstool in the day of his anger !
[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 .
[5] The Lord was as an enemy (): he hath swallowed up () Israel , he hath swallowed up () all her palaces : he hath destroyed () his strong holds , and hath increased () in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation .
[6] And he hath violently taken away () his tabernacle , as [if it were of] a garden : he hath destroyed () his places of the assembly : the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten () in Zion , and hath despised () in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest .
[7] The Lord hath cast off () his altar , he hath abhorred () his sanctuary , he hath given up () into the hand of the enemy () the walls of her palaces ; they have made () a noise in the house of the LORD , as in the day of a solemn feast .
[8] The LORD hath purposed () to destroy () the wall of the daughter of Zion : he hath stretched out () a line , he hath not withdrawn () his hand from destroying (): therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament (); they languished () together .
[9] Her gates are sunk () into the ground ; he hath destroyed () and broken () her bars : her king and her princes [are] among the Gentiles : the law [is] no [more]; her prophets also find () no vision from the LORD .
[10] The elders of the daughter of Zion sit () upon the ground , [and] keep silence (): they have cast up () dust upon their heads ; they have girded () themselves with sackcloth : the virgins of Jerusalem hang down () their heads to the ground .
[11] Mine eyes do fail () with tears , my bowels are troubled (), my liver is poured () upon the earth , for the destruction of the daughter of my people ; because the children and the sucklings () swoon () in the streets of the city .
[12] They say () to their mothers , Where [is] corn and wine ? when they swooned () as the wounded in the streets of the city , when their soul was poured out () into their mothers ’ bosom .
[13] What thing shall I take to witness () (8675) () for thee? what thing shall I liken () to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem ? what shall I equal () to thee, that I may comfort () thee, O virgin daughter of Zion ? for thy breach [is] great like the sea : who can heal () thee?
[14] Thy prophets have seen () vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered () thine iniquity , to turn away () thy captivity () ; but have seen () for thee false burdens and causes of banishment .
[15] All that pass () by clap () [their] hands at thee ; they hiss () and wag () their head at the daughter of Jerusalem , [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call () The perfection of beauty , The joy of the whole earth ?
[16] All thine enemies () have opened () their mouth against thee: they hiss () and gnash () the teeth : they say (), We have swallowed [her] up (): certainly this [is] the day that we looked for (); we have found (), we have seen () [it].
[17] The LORD hath done () [that] which he had devised (); he hath fulfilled () his word that he had commanded () in the days of old : he hath thrown down (), and hath not pitied (): and he hath caused [thine] enemy () to rejoice () over thee, he hath set up () the horn of thine adversaries .
[18] Their heart cried () unto the Lord , O wall of the daughter of Zion , let tears run down () like a river day and night : give () thyself no rest ; let not the apple of thine eye cease ().
[19] Arise (), cry out () in the night : in the beginning of the watches pour out () thine heart like water before the face of the Lord : lift up () thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children , that faint () for hunger in the top of every street .
[20] Behold (), O LORD , and consider () to whom thou hast done () this . Shall the women eat () their fruit , [and] children of a span long ? shall the priest and the prophet be slain () in the sanctuary of the Lord ?
[21] The young and the old lie () on the ground in the streets : my virgins and my young men are fallen () by the sword ; thou hast slain () [them] in the day of thine anger ; thou hast killed (), [and] not pitied ().
[22] Thou hast called () as in a solemn day my terrors round about , so that in the day of the LORD’S anger none escaped nor remained : those that I have swaddled () and brought up () hath mine enemy () consumed ().

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!