Lamentations 2
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Lamentations 2:1-4

1HowH3491 the LordH136 has coveredH5743 the DaughterH1323 of ZionH6726 with the cloud of His angerH639! He has castH7993 the gloryH8597 of IsraelH3478 from heavenH8064 to earthH776. He has abandonedH3808H2142 His footstoolH1916H7272 in the dayH3117 of His angerH639.

2WithoutH3808 pityH2550 the LordH136 has swallowed upH1104allH3605 the dwellingsH5116 of JacobH3290.In His wrathH5678 He has demolishedH2040the fortified citiesH4013 of the DaughterH1323 of JudahH3063.He broughtH5060 to the groundH776 and defiledH2490her kingdomH4467 and its princesH8269.
3In fierceH2750 angerH639 He has cut offH1438everyH3605 hornH71612 of IsraelH3478and withdrawnH7725H268 His right handH3225at the approachH6440 of the enemyH341.He has burnedH1197 in JacobH3290 like a flamingH3852 fireH784that consumesH398 everything around itH5439.
4He has bentH1869 His bowH7198 like an enemyH341;His right handH3225 is positionedH5324.Like a foeH6862 He has killedH2026allH3605 who were pleasingH4261 to the eyeH5869;He has poured outH8210 His wrathH2534 like fireH784on the tentH168 of the DaughterH1323 of ZionH6726.
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Notes

  1. 1. Lamentations 2:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. ↩
  2. 2. Lamentations 2:3 Or all the strength ↩

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