English Standard Version
Lamentations 5:18
18for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.
Lamentations 5:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- New International Version (NIV)for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.
Context of Lamentations 5:18
16The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! 17For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim, for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. 19But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. 20Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
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עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 5:18
- Lamentations 2:8The Lord determined to lay in ruins the wall of the daughter of Zion; he stretched out the measuring line; he did not restrain his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament; they languished together.
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- Psalms 74:2Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
- Jeremiah 17:3on the mountains in the open country. Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your high places for sin throughout all your territory.
- Jeremiah 26:9Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant'?" And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 52:13And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
- Micah 3:12Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
- Isaiah 32:13for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
- Jeremiah 9:11I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The foxes walk upon it - Foxes are very numerous in Palestine, see on Judges 15:4; (note). It was usual among the Hebrews to consider all desolated land to be the resort of wild beasts; which is, in fact, the case every where when the inhabitants are removed from a country.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The foxes - Or, jackals. As these animals live among ruins, and shun the presence of man, it shows that Zion is laid waste and deserted.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18patrolled by foxes: Compare Isaiah 13:22; 34:13; Jeremiah 9:11; 10:22; Malachi 1:3.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. foxes--They frequent desolate places where they can freely and fearlessly roam.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 5
- 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
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