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Lamentations 2:2

NETBible	ב (Bet) The Lord¹ destroyed² mercilessly³ all the homes of Jacob’s descendants.⁴ In his anger he tore down the fortified cities⁵ of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Lam 2:2	Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of the Daughter of Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonour.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:2	The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
NLT © biblegateway Lam 2:2	Without mercy the Lord has destroyed every home in Israel. In his anger he has broken down the fortress walls of Jerusalem. He has brought to dust the kingdom and all its rulers.
MSG © biblegateway Lam 2:2	The Master, without a second thought, took Israel in one gulp. Raging, he smashed Judah's defenses, made hash of her king and princes.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 2:2	The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 2:2	The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of daughter Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers.
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 2:2	The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. 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.
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KJV	The Lord <0136> hath swallowed up <01104> (8765) all the habitations <04999> of Jacob <03290>_, and hath not pitied <02550> (8804)_: he hath thrown down <02040> (8804) in his wrath <05678> the strong holds <04013> of the daughter <01323> of Judah <03063>_; he hath brought [them] down <05060> (8689) to the ground <0776>_: he hath polluted <02490> (8765) the kingdom <04467> and the princes <08269> thereof. {brought...: Heb. made to touch}
NASB © biblegateway Lam 2:2	The Lord <0136> has swallowed <01104> up; He has not spared <02550> All <03605> the habitations <04999> of Jacob <03290> . In His wrath <05678> He has thrown <02040> down <02040> The strongholds <04013> of the daughter <01323> of Judah <03063> ; He has brought <05060> them down <05060> to the ground <0776> ; He has profaned <02490> the kingdom <04467> and its princes <08269> .
LXXM	katepontisen <2670> V-AAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM ou <3364> ADV feisamenov <5339> V-AMPNS panta <3956> A-APN ta <3588> T-APN wraia <5611> A-APN iakwb <2384> N-PRI kayeilen <2507> V-AAI-3S en <1722> PREP yumw <2372> N-DSM autou <846> D-GSM ta <3588> T-APN ocurwmata <3794> N-APN thv <3588> T-GSF yugatrov <2364> N-GSF iouda <2448> N-PRI ekollhsen <2853> V-AAI-3S eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF ebebhlwsen <953> V-AAI-3S basilea <935> N-ASM authv <846> D-GSF kai <2532> CONJ arcontav <758> N-APM authv <846> D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	ב(Bet) The Lord <0136> destroyed <01104> mercilessly <02550> <03808> all <03605> the homes <04999> of Jacob’s <03290> descendants. In his anger <05678> he tore down <02040> the fortified <04013> cities of Daughter <01323> Judah <03063> . He knocked <05060> to the ground <0776> and humiliated <02490> the kingdom <04467> and its rulers <08269> .
HEBREW	o hyrvw <08269> hklmm <04467> llx <02490> Ural <0776> eygh <05060> hdwhy <03063> tb <01323> yrubm <04013> wtrbeb <05678> orh <02040> bqey <03290> twan <04999> lk <03605> ta <0853> lmx <02550> *alw {al} <03808> ynda <0136> elb (2:2) <01104>

NETBible

ב (Bet) The Lord¹ destroyed² mercilessly³ all the homes of Jacob’s descendants.⁴ In his anger he tore down the fortified cities⁵ of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.⁶

NET Notes

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

²tn Heb “has swallowed up.”

³tc The Kethib is written לֹא חָמַל (lo’ khamal, “without mercy”), while the Qere reads וְלֹא חָמַל (vÿlo’ khamal, “and he has shown no mercy”). The Kethib is followed by the LXX, while the Qere is reflected in many Hebrew mss and the ancient versions (Syriac Peshitta, Aramaic Targum, Latin Vulgate). The English versions are split between the Kethib: “The Lord swallowed all the dwellings of Jacob without mercy” (cf. RSV, NRSV, NIV, TEV, NJPS) and the Qere: “The Lord swallowed all the dwellings of Jacob, and has shown no mercy” (cf. KJV, NASB, CEV). As these words occur between a verb and its object (חָמַל [khamal] is not otherwise followed by אֵת [’et, direct object marker]), an adverbial reading is the most natural, although interrupting the sentence with an insertion is possible. Compare 2:17, 21; 3:43. In contexts of harming, to show mercy often means to spare from harm.

⁴tn Heb “all the dwellings of Jacob.”

⁵tn Heb “the strongholds.”

⁶tn Heb “He brought down to the ground in disgrace the kingdom and its princes.” The verbs חִלֵּל…הִגִּיע (higgi’…khillel, “he has brought down…he has profaned”) function as a verbal hendiadys, as the absence of the conjunction ו (vav) suggests. The first verb retains its full verbal force, while the second functions adverbially: “he has brought down [direct object] in disgrace.”