Lamentations 2 (NET)

Lamentations 2:1¹Alas! The Lord has covered Daughter Zion with his anger. He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect his temple when he displayed his anger. ב (Bet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:2Ps 132:7Ezek 28:14-16Lam 3:43-44Luke 10:18Rev 12:7-9Ezek 30:18Isa 14:12-15Joel 2:2Matt 11:23

Lamentations 2:2²The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. ג (Gimel )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 2:17Lam 3:43Ps 89:39-40Isa 25:12Isa 43:28Ps 21:92 Cor 10:4Ezek 9:10Isa 26:5Lam 2:21

Lamentations 2:3³In fierce anger he destroyed the whole army of Israel. He withdrew his right hand as the enemy attacked. He was like a raging fire in the land of Jacob; it consumed everything around it. ד (Dalet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 74:11Isa 42:25Ps 75:10Ps 75:5Jer 48:25Ps 79:5Ps 89:46Deut 32:22Isa 1:31Jer 21:14

Lamentations 2:4⁴He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. ה (He )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 7:20Ezek 24:25Isa 42:25Jer 21:5Job 6:4Lam 3:12-13Jer 30:14Nah 1:62 Chr 34:212 Chr 34:25

Lamentations 2:5⁵The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament. ו (Vav )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 2:22 Kgs 25:9Jer 30:14Jer 52:13Lam 2:42 Chr 36:16-17Ezek 2:10Jer 15:1Jer 9:17-20

Lamentations 2:6⁶He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The Lord has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest. ז (Zayin )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 1:4Zeph 3:18Lam 4:16Ezek 12:12-13Ezek 17:18Isa 1:13Isa 1:8Isa 43:28Isa 5:5Isa 63:18

Lamentations 2:7⁷The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy Jerusalem’s palace walls; the enemy shouted in the Lord ’s temple as if it were a feast day. ח (Khet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 2:5Ps 74:3-8Ezek 24:21Ezek 7:20-22Jer 52:13Ps 78:59-612 Chr 36:19Acts 6:13-14Ezek 7:24Isa 64:10-11

Lamentations 2:8⁸The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. ט (Tet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 21:13Isa 3:26Isa 34:11Jer 14:2Amos 7:7-8Jer 5:102 Sam 8:2Ezek 20:22Isa 28:17Isa 5:5

Lamentations 2:9⁹Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord. י (Yod )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 7:26Hos 3:42 Chr 15:3Mic 3:6-7Neh 1:3Ps 74:9Amos 8:11-12Deut 28:36Jer 51:302 Kgs 24:12-16

Lamentations 2:10¹⁰The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem’s young women stare down at the ground. כ (Kaf )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 3:26Isa 15:3Job 2:12-13Amos 8:3Ezek 7:18Isa 47:1Josh 7:6Lam 1:1Lam 1:4Lam 3:28

Lamentations 2:11¹¹My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares. ל (Lamed )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 1:20Jer 4:19Job 16:13Lam 1:16Isa 22:4Lam 3:48-51Luke 23:29Ps 22:14Ps 6:7Lam 2:19-20

Lamentations 2:12¹²Children say to their mothers, “Where are food and drink?” They faint like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly in their mothers’ arms. מ (Mem )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 30:24Isa 53:12

Lamentations 2:13¹³With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? נ (Nun )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 1:122 Sam 5:20Jer 14:17Jer 30:12-15Jer 8:22Dan 9:12Ezek 26:3-4Isa 37:22Jer 51:8-9Ps 60:2

Lamentations 2:14¹⁴Your prophets saw visions for you that were worthless whitewash. They failed to expose your sin so as to restore your fortunes. They saw oracles for you that were worthless lies. ס (Samek )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 22:28Isa 58:1Jer 5:31Ezek 22:25Mic 3:5-7Jer 2:8Jer 8:10-112 Pet 2:1-3Ezek 13:2-16Ezek 13:22

Lamentations 2:15¹⁵All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. “Ha! Is this the city they called ‘the perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!’?” פ (Pe )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 18:16Ps 48:2Ezek 25:6Jer 19:8Ps 50:2Isa 37:22Isa 64:11Matt 27:39Ps 22:7Zeph 2:15

Lamentations 2:16¹⁶All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, “We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!” ע (Ayin )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 35:21Lam 3:46Ps 37:12Job 16:9-10Ps 56:2Jer 51:34Ps 124:3Ps 22:13Ps 35:16Acts 7:54

Lamentations 2:17¹⁷The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power. צ (Tsade )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 5:11Ps 89:42Deut 28:15-68Deut 31:16-17Ezek 7:8-9Ezek 8:18Lam 1:5Lam 2:1-2Lev 26:14-46Deut 29:18-23

Lamentations 2:18¹⁸Cry out from your heart to the Lord, O wall of Daughter Zion! Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! Do not rest; do not let your tears stop! ק (Qof )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:145Jer 9:1Lam 1:16Lam 2:8Lam 3:48-49Ps 119:136Hos 7:14Hab 2:11Isa 26:16-17Jer 13:17

Lamentations 2:19¹⁹Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children’s lives; they are fainting from hunger at every street corner. ר (Resh )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 62:8Isa 26:9Ps 119:147-148Ps 142:2Mark 1:351 Sam 1:15Ps 141:2Lam 2:11-12Judg 7:19Luke 6:12

Lamentations 2:20²⁰Look, O Lord! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary? ש (Sin/Shin )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 19:9Lam 4:10Ps 78:64Deut 9:26Exod 32:11Lam 4:132 Kgs 6:28-29Deut 28:53-57Ezek 5:10Ezek 9:5-6

Lamentations 2:21²¹The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy. ת (Tav )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:17Zech 11:6Jer 13:14Lam 3:43Jer 18:21Lam 1:15Lam 2:17Lam 2:21 Sam 15:3Amos 4:10

Lamentations 2:22²²As if it were a feast day, you call enemies to terrify me on every side. On the day of the Lord ’s anger no one escaped or survived. My enemy has finished off those healthy infants whom I bore and raised.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 6:25Ps 31:13Isa 24:17-18Jer 16:2-4Jer 20:3Amos 9:1-4Deut 28:18Hos 9:12-16Jer 46:5Luke 23:29-30