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Lamentations 2:5-22

2:5

The Lord
<0136>

was as an enemy
<0341> (8802)_:

he hath swallowed up
<01104> (8765)

Israel
<03478>_,

he hath swallowed up
<01104> (8765)

all her palaces
<0759>_:

he hath destroyed
<07843> (8765)

his strong holds
<04013>_,

and hath increased
<07235> (8686)

in the daughter
<01323>

of Judah
<03063>

mourning
<08386>

and lamentation
<0592>_.

2:6

And he hath violently taken away
<02554> (8799)

his tabernacle
<07900>_,

as [if it were of] a garden
<01588>_:

he hath destroyed
<07843> (8765)

his places of the assembly
<04150>_:

the LORD
<03068>

hath caused the solemn feasts
<04150>

and sabbaths
<07676>

to be forgotten
<07911> (8765)

in Zion
<06726>_,

and hath despised
<05006> (8799)

in the indignation
<02195>

of his anger
<0639>

the king
<04428>

and the priest
<03548>_.

{tabernacle: or, hedge}

2:7

The Lord
<0136>

hath cast off
<02186> (8804)

his altar
<04196>_,

he hath abhorred
<05010> (8765)

his sanctuary
<04720>_,

he hath given up
<05462> (8689)

into the hand
<03027>

of the enemy
<0341> (8802)

the walls
<02346>

of her palaces
<0759>_;

they have made
<05414> (8804)

a noise
<06963>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

as in the day
<03117>

of a solemn feast
<04150>_.

{given up: Heb. shut up}

2:8

The LORD
<03068>

hath purposed
<02803> (8804)

to destroy
<07843> (8687)

the wall
<02346>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_:

he hath stretched out
<05186> (8804)

a line
<06957>_,

he hath not withdrawn
<07725> (8689)

his hand
<03027>

from destroying
<01104> (8763)_:

therefore he made the rampart
<02426>

and the wall
<02346>

to lament
<056> (8686)_;

they languished
<0535> (8797)

together
<03162>_.

{destroying: Heb. swallowing up}

2:9

Her gates
<08179>

are sunk
<02883> (8804)

into the ground
<0776>_;

he hath destroyed
<06> (8765)

and broken
<07665> (8765)

her bars
<01280>_:

her king
<04428>

and her princes
<08269>

[are] among the Gentiles
<01471>_:

the law
<08451>

[is] no [more]; her prophets
<05030>

also find
<04672> (8804)

no vision
<02377>

from the LORD
<03068>_.

2:10

The elders
<02205>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>

sit
<03427> (8799)

upon the ground
<0776>_,

[and] keep silence
<01826> (8799)_:

they have cast up
<05927> (8689)

dust
<06083>

upon their heads
<07218>_;

they have girded
<02296> (8804)

themselves with sackcloth
<08242>_:

the virgins
<01330>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

hang down
<03381> (8689)

their heads
<07218>

to the ground
<0776>_.

2:11

Mine eyes
<05869>

do fail
<03615> (8804)

with tears
<01832>_,

my bowels
<04578>

are troubled
<02560> (8777)_,

my liver
<03516>

is poured
<08210> (8738)

upon the earth
<0776>_,

for the destruction
<07667>

of the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>_;

because the children
<05768>

and the sucklings
<03243> (8802)

swoon
<05848> (8736)

in the streets
<07339>

of the city
<07151>_.

{swoon: or, faint}

2:12

They say
<0559> (8799)

to their mothers
<0517>_,

Where [is] corn
<01715>

and wine
<03196>_?

when they swooned
<05848> (8692)

as the wounded
<02491>

in the streets
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_,

when their soul
<05315>

was poured out
<08210> (8692)

into their mothers
<0517>_'

bosom
<02436>_.

2:13

What thing shall I take to witness
<05749> (8686) (8675) <05749> (8799)

for thee? what thing
<04100>

shall I liken
<01819> (8762)

to thee, O daughter
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_?

what shall I equal
<07737> (8686)

to thee, that I may comfort
<05162> (8762)

thee, O virgin
<01330>

daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_?

for thy breach
<07667>

[is] great
<01419>

like the sea
<03220>_:

who can heal
<07495> (8799)

thee?

2:14

Thy prophets
<05030>

have seen
<02372> (8804)

vain
<07723>

and foolish things
<08602>

for thee: and they have not discovered
<01540> (8765)

thine iniquity
<05771>_,

to turn away
<07725> (8687)

thy captivity
<07622> (8675) <07622>_;

but have seen
<02372> (8799)

for thee false
<07723>

burdens
<04864>

and causes of banishment
<04065>_.

2:15

All that pass
<05674> (8802)

by clap
<05606> (8804)

[their] hands
<03709>

at thee
<01870>_;

they hiss
<08319> (8804)

and wag
<05128> (8686)

their head
<07218>

at the daughter
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

[saying, Is] this the city
<05892>

that [men] call
<0559> (8799)

The perfection
<03632>

of beauty
<03308>_,

The joy
<04885>

of the whole earth
<0776>_?

{by: Heb. by the way}

2:16

All thine enemies
<0341> (8802)

have opened
<06475> (8804)

their mouth
<06310>

against thee: they hiss
<08319> (8804)

and gnash
<02786> (8799)

the teeth
<08127>_:

they say
<0559> (8804)_,

We have swallowed [her] up
<01104> (8765)_:

certainly
<0389>

this [is] the day
<03117>

that we looked for
<06960> (8765)_;

we have found
<04672> (8804)_,

we have seen
<07200> (8804)

[it].

2:17

The LORD
<03068>

hath done
<06213> (8804)

[that] which he had devised
<02161> (8804)_;

he hath fulfilled
<01214> (8765)

his word
<0565>

that he had commanded
<06680> (8765)

in the days
<03117>

of old
<06924>_:

he hath thrown down
<02040> (8804)_,

and hath not pitied
<02550> (8804)_:

and he hath caused [thine] enemy
<0341> (8802)

to rejoice
<08055> (8762)

over thee, he hath set up
<07311> (8689)

the horn
<07161>

of thine adversaries
<06862>_.

2:18

Their heart
<03820>

cried
<06817> (8804)

unto the Lord
<0136>_,

O wall
<02346>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_,

let tears
<01832>

run down
<03381> (8685)

like a river
<05158>

day
<03119>

and night
<03915>_:

give
<05414> (8799)

thyself no rest
<06314>_;

let not the apple
<01323>

of thine eye
<05869>

cease
<01826> (8799)_.

2:19

Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

cry out
<07442> (8798)

in the night
<03915>_:

in the beginning
<07218>

of the watches
<0821>

pour out
<08210> (8798)

thine heart
<03820>

like water
<04325>

before
<05227>

the face
<06440>

of the Lord
<0136>_:

lift up
<05375> (8798)

thy hands
<03709>

toward him for the life
<05315>

of thy young children
<05768>_,

that faint
<05848> (8803)

for hunger
<07458>

in the top
<07218>

of every street
<02351>_.

2:20

Behold
<07200> (8798)_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

and consider
<05027> (8685)

to whom thou hast done
<05953> (8782)

this
<03541>_.

Shall the women
<0802>

eat
<0398> (8799)

their fruit
<06529>_,

[and] children
<05768>

of a span long
<02949>_?

shall the priest
<03548>

and the prophet
<05030>

be slain
<02026> (8735)

in the sanctuary
<04720>

of the Lord
<0136>_?

{of a span...: or, swaddled with their hands?}

2:21

The young
<05288>

and the old
<02205>

lie
<07901> (8804)

on the ground
<0776>

in the streets
<02351>_:

my virgins
<01330>

and my young men
<0970>

are fallen
<05307> (8804)

by the sword
<02719>_;

thou hast slain
<02026> (8804)

[them] in the day
<03117>

of thine anger
<0639>_;

thou hast killed
<02873> (8804)_,

[and] not pitied
<02550> (8804)_.

2:22

Thou hast called
<07121> (8799)

as in a solemn
<04150>

day
<03117>

my terrors
<04032>

round about
<05439>_,

so that in the day
<03117>

of the LORD'S
<03068>

anger
<0639>

none escaped
<06412>

nor remained
<08300>_:

those that I have swaddled
<02946> (8765)

and brought up
<07235> (8765)

hath mine enemy
<0341> (8802)

consumed
<03615> (8765)_.