Lamentations 2:1-9

1HowH349 hath the LordH136 in his angerH639 covered the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 with a cloud! He hath castH7993 downH7993 from the heavensH8064 unto the earthH776 the beautyH8597 of IsraelH3478, and rememberedH2142 not his footstool in the dayH3117 of his angerH639.

2The LordH136 hath swallowedH1104 up all the dwellings of JacobH3290, and hath not sparedH2550; he hath thrown downH2040 in his wrathH5678 the strongholdsH4013 of the daughterH1323 of JudahH3063: he hath brought [them] downH2040 to the groundH776; he hath profanedH2490 the kingdomH4467 and the princesH8269 thereof.

3He hath cutH1438 off in fierce angerH639 all the hornH7161 of IsraelH3478: he hath withdrawn his rightH3225 handH3225 from before the enemyH341; and he burnedH1197 up JacobH3290 like a flamingH3852 fireH784, devouringH398 roundH5439 about.

4He hath bentH1869 his bowH7198 like an enemyH341; he stoodH5324 with his rightH3225 handH3225 as an adversary, and hath slainH2026 all that was pleasant to the eyeH5869: in the tentH168 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726, he hath pouredH8210 out his fury like fireH784.

5The LordH136 is becomeH1961 as an enemyH341: he hath swallowedH1104 up IsraelH3478; he hath swallowedH1104 up all her palaces; he hath destroyedH7843 his strongholdsH4013, and hath multipliedH7235 in the daughterH1323 of JudahH3063 mourning and lamentation.

6And he hath violentlyH2554 cast down his enclosure as a gardenH1588; he hath destroyedH7843 his placeH4150 of assembly: Jehovah hath caused set feastH4150 and sabbathH7676 to be forgottenH7911 in ZionH6726, and hath despised in the indignationH2195 of his angerH639 kingH4428 and priestH3548.

7The Lord hath cast off his altarH4196, he hath rejectedH2186 his sanctuaryH4720; he hath givenH5414 up into the handH3027 of the enemyH341 the wallsH2346 of her palaces: they have madeH5414 a noise in the houseH1004 of Jehovah, as on the dayH3117 of a setH5414 feastH4150.

8Jehovah hath purposed to destroyH7843 the wallH2346 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726: he hath stretchedH5186 out the line, he hath not withdrawn his handH3027 from destroyingH7843; and he hath made the rampartH2426 and the wallH2346 to lament: they languishH535 togetherH3162.

9Her gatesH8179 are sunkH2883 into the groundH776; he hath destroyedH6 and brokenH7665 her barsH1280. Her kingH4428 and her princesH8269 are among the nationsH1471: the lawH8451 is no [more]; her prophetsH5030 alsoH1571 findH4672 no visionH2377 from Jehovah.