Berean Standard Bible

Lamentations 2:1-9

1HowH349 1 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 abandonedH3808 H2142 His footstoolH1916 H7272 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 hornH7161 2 of IsraelH3478and withdrawnH7725 H268 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.

5The LordH136 isH1961 like an enemyH341;He has swallowed upH1104 IsraelH3478.He has swallowed upH1104 allH3605 her palacesH759and destroyedH7843 her strongholdsH4013.He has multipliedH7235 mourningH8386 and lamentationH592for the DaughterH1323 of JudahH3063.

6He has laid wasteH2554 His tabernacleH7900 like a garden boothH1588;He has destroyedH7843 His place of meetingH4150.The LORDH3068 has made Zion forgetH7911 H6726her appointed feastsH4150 and SabbathsH7676.In His fierce angerH2195 H639He has despisedH5006 both kingH4428 and priestH3548.

7The LordH136 has rejectedH2186 His altarH4196;He has abandonedH5010 His sanctuaryH4720;He has deliveredH5462 the wallsH2346 of her palacesH759into the handH3027 of the enemyH341.They have raisedH5414 a shoutH6963 in the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068as on the dayH3117 of an appointed feastH4150.

8The LORDH3068 determinedH2803 to destroyH7843the wallH2346 of the DaughterH1323 of ZionH6726.He stretched outH5186 a measuring lineH6957and did notH3808 withdrawH7725 His handH3027 from destroyingH1104.He made the rampartsH2426 and wallsH2346 lamentH56;togetherH3162 they waste awayH535.

9Her gatesH8179 have sunkH2883 into the groundH776;He has destroyedH6 and shatteredH7665 their barsH1280.Her kingH4428 and her princesH8269 are exiled among the nationsH1471,the lawH8451 is no moreH369,and evenH1571 her prophetsH5030findH4672 noH3808 visionH2377 from the LORDH3068.

Notes

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