Lamentations 2:19

ק (Qof)

2:19 Get up! Cry out in the night ¹ 

when the night watches start! ² 

Pour out your heart ³  like water

before the face of the Lord! ⁴ 

Lift up your hands ⁵  to him

for your children’s lives; ⁶ 

they are fainting ⁷ 

at every street corner. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 52:13

52:13 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

Matthew 24:2

24:2 And he said to them, ⁹  “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, ¹⁰  not one stone will be left on another. ¹¹  All will be torn down!” ¹² 

Mark 13:2

13:2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. ¹³  All will be torn down!” ¹⁴ 

Luke 21:5-6

The Signs of the End of the Age

21:5 Now ¹⁵  while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned ¹⁶  with beautiful stones and offerings, ¹⁷  Jesus ¹⁸  said, 21:6 “As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. ¹⁹  All will be torn down!” ²⁰ 

[2:19]  ¹ tc The Kethib is written בַּלַּיִל (ballayil) a defective spelling for בַּלַּיְלָה (ballaylah, “night”). The Qere reads בַּלַּיְלָה (ballaylah, “night”), which is preserved in numerous medieval Hebrew mss.

[2:19]  ² tn Heb “at the head of the watches.”

[2:19]  ³ tn The noun לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) functions here as a metonymy of association for the thoughts and emotions in the heart. The Hebrew לֵבָב (levav) includes the mind so that in some cases the translation “heart” implies an inappropriate division between the cognitive and affective. This context is certainly emotionally loaded, but as part of a series of admonitions to address God in prayer, these emotions are inextricably bound with the thoughts of the mind. The singular “heart” is retained in the translation to be consistent with the personification of Jerusalem (cf. v. 18).

[2:19]  ⁴ tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the tc note at 1:14.

[2:19]  ⁵ sn Lifting up the palms or hands is a metaphor for prayer.

[2:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “on account of the life of your children.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers to the “life” of their dying children (e.g., Lam 2:12). The singular noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “life”) is used as a collective, as the plural genitive noun that follows makes clear: “your children.”

[2:19]  ⁷ tc The BHS editors and many commentators suggest that the fourth bicola in 2:19 is a late addition and should be deleted. Apart from the four sets of bicola in 1:7 and 2:19, every stanza in chapters 1-4 consists of three sets of bicola.

[2:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “at the head of every street.”

[24:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (ajpokriqei") is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[24:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[24:2]  ¹¹ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[24:2]  ¹² tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”

[13:2]  ¹³ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[13:2]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”

[21:5]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[21:5]  ¹⁶ sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 (15.380-425); J. W. 5.5 (5.184-227) and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

[21:5]  ¹⁷ tn For the translation of ἀνάθημα (anaqhma) as “offering” see L&N 53.18.

[21:5]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:6]  ¹⁹ sn With the statement days will come when not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[21:6]  ²⁰ tn Grk “the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down.”