Lamentations 2:22

Lamentations 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
• New International Version (NIV)“As you summon to a feast day, so you summoned against me terrors on every side. In the day of the Lord’s anger no one escaped or survived; those I cared for and reared my enemy has destroyed.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You have invited as to a feast day The terrors that surround me. In the day of the Lord’s anger There was no refugee or survivor. Those whom I have borne and brought up My enemies have destroyed.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“You have invited terrors from all around, as though you were calling them to a day of feasting. In the day of the Lord’s anger, no one has escaped or survived. The enemy has killed all the children whom I carried and raised.”

Context of Lamentations 2:22

20Look, O Lord, and see! With whom have you dealt thus? Should women eat the fruit of their womb, the children of their tender care? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? 21In the dust of the streets lie the young and the old; my young women and my young men have fallen by the sword; you have killed them in the day of your anger, slaughtering without pity. You summoned as if to a festival day my terrors on every side, and on the day of the anger of the Lord no one escaped or survived; those whom I held and raised my enemy destroyed.

Lamentations 2:22 word by word

תִּקְרָא֩ כְי֨וֹם מוֹעֵ֤ד מְגוּרַי֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וְלֹ֥א הָיָ֛ה בְּי֥וֹם אַף־יְהוָ֖ה פָּלִ֣יט וְשָׂרִ֑יד אֲשֶׁר־טִפַּ֥חְתִּי וְרִבִּ֖יתִי אֹיְבִ֥י כִלָּֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• as in a solemnמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: festivalH4150
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• my terrorsמָגוֹרmâgôr mâgûr · terrorH4032
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
• of the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• none escapedפָּלִיטpâlîyţ pâlêyţ pâlêţ · survivorH6412
• nor remainedשָׂרִידώârîyd · survivorH8300
• those that I have swaddledטָפַחţâphach · to extendH2946
• and brought upרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• hath mine enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:22

• Psalms 31:13For I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
• Isaiah 24:17Terror and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
• Jeremiah 6:25Go not out into the field, nor walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
• Jeremiah 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.
• Jeremiah 46:5Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! declares the Lord.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: "Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away; not one of them shall escape.
• Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.
• Jeremiah 16:2"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
• Hosea 9:12Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
• Luke 23:29For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Thou hast called as in a solemn day - It is by thy influence alone that so many enemies are called together at one time; and they have so hemmed us in that none could escape, and none remained unslain or uncaptivated, Perhaps the figure is the collecting of the people in Jerusalem on one of the solemn annual festivals. God has called terrors together to feast on Jerusalem, similar to the convocation of the people from all parts of the land to one of those…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Thou hast called as in a solemn day - i. e. “Thou” callest “like a feast day,” i. e. like the proclaiming of a festival. My terrors round about - The prophet‘s watch-word (Jeremiah 6:25 note). God now proclaims what Jeremiah had so often called out before, “Magor-missabib.” On every side were conquering Chaldaeans.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and eaten, according to the threatening, Deut. 28:53. Multitudes fell by the sword. Their false prophets deceived them. And their neighbours laughed at them. It is a great sin to jest at others' miseries, and adds much affliction to the afflicted. Their enemies triumphed over them. The enemies of the church are apt to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22summoned … for the day of an appointed feast: The poet compares Jerusalem's destruction to a feast where war, famine, wild animals, and sickness consume the wicked in Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 28:15–68; compare Revelation 19:17–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Thou hast called as in ... solemn day ... terrors--Thou hast summoned my enemies against me from all quarters, just as multitudes used to be convened to Jerusalem, on the solemn feast days. The objects, for which the enemies and the festal multitude respectively met, formed a sad contrast. Compare La 1:15: "called an assembly against me."Read the comment

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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