Lamentations 2:5

ה (He)

2:5 The Lord, ¹  like an enemy,

destroyed ²  Israel.

He destroyed ³  all her palaces;

he ruined her ⁴  fortified cities.

He made everyone in Daughter Judah

mourn and lament. ⁵ 

[2:5]  ¹ tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the tc note at 1:14.

[2:5]  ² tn Heb “swallowed up.”

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “swallowed up.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.” For consistency this has been translated as “her.”

[2:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “He increased in Daughter Judah mourning and lamentation.”