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

4Like an enemy he bent his bow. Like an opponent his right hand held the arrow steady. He killed all the beautiful people. He poured out his fury like fire on the tent of Zion’s people. 5The Lord became an enemy. He swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all of its palaces. He destroyed its strongholds. He made the people of Judah mourn and moan. He stripped his own booth as if it were a garden and destroyed his own festivals. The Lord wiped out the memory of festivals and days of rest—holy days—in Zion. He expelled kings and priests because of his fierce anger. 7The Lord rejected his altar and disowned his holy place. He handed the walls of Zion’s palaces over to its enemies. The enemies made noise in the Lord’s temple as though it were a festival day. 8The Lord planned to destroy the wall of Zion’s people. He marked it off with a line. He didn’t take his hand away until he had swallowed it up. He made the towers and walls mourn. They are completely dejected.

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 did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit.
• Psalms 89:40You have broken through all his walls and have laid his fortified cities in ruins.
• Isaiah 5:5Now then, let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will tear away its hedge so that it can be devoured and tear down its wall so that it can be trampled.
• Isaiah 63:18Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.
• Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined.
• Isaiah 1:8My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city under attack.”
• Lamentations 1:4“The roads to Zion are deserted. No one comes to the annual festivals. No one passes through any of its gates. Its priests are groaning. Its young women are made to suffer. Zion is bitter.
• Zephaniah 3:18“I will gather those among you who are troubled because of the festivals. They bear a burden of disgrace.
• Lamentations 4:16The Lord himself has scattered them. He will no longer look favorably on them. They no longer respected the priests, nor did they honor their older leaders.”
• Lamentations 5:12⌞Our⌟ leaders are hung by their hands. ⌞Our⌟ older leaders are shown no respect.
• Isaiah 43:28That is why I will corrupt the leaders of the holy place. I will claim Jacob for destruction. I will set up Israel for ridicule.
• Jeremiah 52:11Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and put him in a prison, where he stayed until he died.
• Ezekiel 12:12The prince who is among you will put his bags on his shoulders in the dark and leave. People will dig holes in the wall to go through. The prince will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.
• Ezekiel 17:18The king of Judah broke the promise and the treaty that he pledged to keep. He did all these things, and he can’t go unpunished.
• Malachi 2:9“So I have made you disgusting, and I have humiliated you in front of all the people, because you have not followed my ways. You have been unfair when ⌞applying⌟ my teachings.”

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