Lamentations 2:6

Lamentations 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
• New International Version (NIV)He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has laid waste his booth like a garden, laid in ruins his meeting place; the Lord has made Zion forget festival and Sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has done violence to His tabernacle, As if it were a garden; He has destroyed His place of assembly; The Lord has caused The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. In His burning indignation He has spurned the king and the priest.

Context of Lamentations 2:6

4He prepared his bow and his arrows, like an enemy ready to kill people. Like an enemy, he has killed all our strong men that once we were proud of. He has shown how angry he was. He has sent a fire to destroy all Zion's houses. 5The Lord has become like an enemy. He has destroyed Israel and all the beautiful houses there. He has destroyed all the strong towns that had walls. He has caused Judah's people to weep. They are very sad. He has knocked down his own holy house as easily as someone can knock down a hut in a garden. He has destroyed this place where people once met him. The Lord has caused Zion's people to forget the special events and the Sabbath days in his holy house. He was very angry. So he thought that our king and our priests were not important. He refused to help them. 7His holy house and his altar there no longer give pleasure to the Lord. He has given Zion's most beautiful houses to the enemy. They shout in the holy house of the Lord as people shout on a special holy day. 8The Lord decided to destroy the strong walls of Zion. He carefully broke away each stone. It causes us to weep when we look at those walls. He destroyed them all. He destroyed the inside walls and he destroyed the strong outside walls.

Lamentations 2:6 word by word

וַיַּחְמֹ֤ס כַּגַּן֙ שֻׂכּ֔וֹ שִׁחֵ֖ת מוֹעֲד֑וֹ שִׁכַּ֨ח יְהוָ֤ה׀ בְּצִיּוֹן֙ מוֹעֵ֣ד וְשַׁבָּ֔ת וַיִּנְאַ֥ץ בְּזַֽעַם־אַפּ֖וֹ מֶ֥לֶךְ וְכֹהֵֽן׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he hath violently taken awayחָמַסchâmas · to injureH2554
• his tabernacleשֹׂךְώôk · boothH7900
• a gardenגַּןgan · gardenH1588
• he hath destroyedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• his places of the assemblyמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath caused the solemn feastsמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: festivalH4150
• and sabbathsשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• to be forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• in Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• and hath despisedנָאַץnâ'ats · to spurnH5006
• in the indignationזַ֫עַםza‛am · indignationH2195
• of his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:6

• Psalms 80:12Why have you knocked down the walls that protected us? Now, anyone who passes can rob our fruit.
• Psalms 89:40You have knocked down all the walls of his city. You have destroyed all his strong places.
• Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will break down its walls, so that it becomes an open field. Then wild animals will go in and they will destroy the vines.
• Isaiah 63:18For only a short time, the holy place belonged to us, your special people. Then our enemies knocked down your temple.
• Isaiah 64:11Our ancestors praised you here in your temple. It was a beautiful place that we were proud of. But now fire has destroyed it. All our beautiful things are completely spoiled.
• Isaiah 1:8Jerusalem is now like a hut in a vineyard or in a field of crops. It stands there alone, with its enemies all round it.
• Lamentations 1:4Zion's streets are sad places now. Nobody comes to worship God there any longer. There is nothing to hear at the city gates. The priests are sad. Strangers are cruel to the young women. The people in Zion are very sad.
• Zephaniah 3:18I will bring together those people among you who want to meet together again. You want to meet again to pray. And you want to meet again to praise God. You have had enough cruel words from your enemies.
• Lamentations 4:16The Lord himself has sent them away. He will not take care of them any longer. Nobody respects the priests. Nobody is kind to the leaders.
• Lamentations 5:12They hang our leaders by their hands. And they are cruel to our old men too.
• Isaiah 43:28So I caused the priests of your temple to become ashamed. I caused enemies to destroy Israel. I let them insult Jacob's descendants.’
• Jeremiah 52:11Then they cut out Zedekiah's eyes to make him blind. They tied him with chains and they took him to Babylon as their prisoner. They kept him in prison until the day that he died.
• Ezekiel 12:12Their king will leave Jerusalem when it starts to become dark. He will carry his things on his shoulder as he goes out. They will dig a hole in the wall for him to go through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.
• Ezekiel 17:18Judah's king did not obey his agreement with the king of Babylon. He had promised to serve Babylon's king but instead he turned against him. He did not do what he had promised to do, so he will not escape.
• Malachi 2:9‘So I have caused all the people to insult you. They no longer respect you, because you do not obey my rules. When you teach my people, you are kind to some of them but you cheat others.’

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6As if it were of a garden - "As it were the garden of his own hedging." - Blayney. The Lord hath caused the solemn feasts - By delivering us up into the hands of the enemy our religious worship is not only suspended, but all Divine ordinances are destroyed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6tabernacle - Or, covert Jeremiah 25:38, i. e. such a tent of boughs as was put up at the Feast of Tabernacles. The words mean, “the Lord hath (as) violently destroyed His booth. as a man might tear down a shed in “a garden.”” Compare Isaiah 1:8. His places of the assembly - Or, “His great festivals” (Lamentations 1:15 note). It is the Word rendered “solemn feasts” in the next clause, and rightly joined there with “sabbaths,” the weekly, as the other were…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6A garden shelter was a temporary structure that harvesters set up to provide shade. God had promised to care for his temple forever (1 Kings 9:3), but now it seemed he had abandoned it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. tabernacle--rather, "He hath violently taken away His hedge (the hedge of the place sacred to Him, Psa 80:12; 89:40; Is 5:5), as that of a garden" [Maurer]. Calvin supports English Version, "His tabernacle (that is, temple) as (one would take away the temporary cottage or booth) of a garden." Is 1:8 accords with this (Job 27:18). places of ... assembly--the temple and synagogues (Psa 74:7, 8). solemn feasts--(La 1:4). Zain.Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 2:6

• Anger
• Feasts
• Sabbath

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Commentaries on Lamentations 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings