Lamentations 2:9

Lamentations 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Her gates have sunk into the ground; their bars he has broken and destroyed. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and her prophets no longer find visions from the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has ruined and broken her bars; her king and princes are among the nations; the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The Law is no more, And her prophets find no vision from the Lord.

Context of Lamentations 2:9

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. “⌞Zion’s⌟ gates have sunk into the ground. ⌞The Lord⌟ destroyed and shattered the bars across its ⌞gates⌟. Its king and influential people are ⌞scattered⌟ among the nations. There is no longer any instruction ⌞from Moses’ Teachings⌟. Its prophets can find no visions from the Lord. 10The respected leaders of Zion’s people sit silently on the ground. They throw dirt on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground. 11My eyes are worn out with tears. My stomach is churning. My heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people. Little children and infants faint in the city streets.

Lamentations 2:9 word by word

טָבְע֤וּ בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁעָרֶ֔יהָ אִבַּ֥ד וְשִׁבַּ֖ר בְּרִיחֶ֑יהָ מַלְכָּ֨הּ וְשָׂרֶ֤יהָ בַגּוֹיִם֙ אֵ֣ין תּוֹרָ֔ה גַּם־נְבִיאֶ֕יהָ לֹא־מָצְא֥וּ חָז֖וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Her gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• are sunkטָבַעţâba‛ · to sinkH2883
• into the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• he hath destroyedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• and brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• her barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• her kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and her princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• among the Gentilesגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• her prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• also findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• no visionחָזוֹןchâzôn · visionH2377
• from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:9

• Nehemiah 1:3They told me, “Those who survived captivity are in the province. They are enduring serious troubles and being insulted. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”
• Jeremiah 39:2On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year as king, they broke into the city.
• Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.
• Jeremiah 52:14The entire Babylonian army that was with the captain of the guard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
• Lamentations 1:3“Judah has been exiled after ⌞much⌟ suffering and harsh treatment. Its ⌞people⌟ live among the nations; they find no rest. Those who chased them caught up with them in places where there was no way out.
• Lamentations 4:15‘Get away! You’re unclean,’ people yelled at them. ‘Get away! Get away! Don’t touch anyone.’ When they fled and wandered around, the people of the nations said, ‘They can’t stay here any longer.’
• Deuteronomy 28:36The Lord will lead you and the king you choose to a nation that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship gods made of wood and stone.
• 2 Kings 24:12King Jehoiakin of Judah, his mother, officials, generals, and eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. In the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon captured Jehoiakin.
• 2 Kings 25:7They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons as he watched, and then they blinded Zedekiah. They put him in bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:8The Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the plain of Jericho. His entire army had deserted him.
• Ezekiel 12:13I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my net. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians, but he will not see it. And that’s where he’ll die.
• Ezekiel 17:20I will spread my net over you to catch you in my trap. I will take you to Babylon and judge you there for rebelling against me.
• 2 Chronicles 15:3For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest who taught ⌞correctly⌟, and without Moses’ Teachings.
• Ezekiel 7:26One disaster will happen after another. One rumor will follow another. People will ask for a vision from a prophet. The teachings of priests and the advice of leaders will disappear.
• Hosea 3:4In the same way, the Israelites will wait a long time without kings or officials, without sacrifices or sacred stones, and without ephods or family idols.
• Psalms 74:9We no longer see miraculous signs. There are no prophets anymore. No one knows how long this will last.

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Her gates are sunk into the ground - The consequence of their being long thrown down and neglected. From this it appears that the captivity had already lasted a considerable time. Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles - Zedekiah and many of the princes were then prisoners in Babylon, another proof that the captivity had endured some time, unless all this be spoken prophetically, of what should be done.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Her gates are sunk into the ground - So completely destroyed, that one might suppose they had been swallowed up in an abyss. Her king - The prophet‘s lamentation, occupied before chiefly with the buildings of the city and temple, now turns to the people, beginning with their temporal rulers. The law is no more - The Jewish Law, the Torah, came to an end when it no longer had a local habitation. Its enactments were essentially those not of a universal…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9no vision: Daniel and Ezekiel were prophets of the Lord. They had visions while living among the exiles far from Judah (Ezekiel 1:1; Daniel 7:1). This verse, however, speaks about prophets in Jerusalem. These prophets claimed to receive visions from God, but their visions were false.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Her gates cannot oppose the entrance of the foe into the city, for they are sunk under a mass of rubbish and earth. broken ... bars--(Jr 51:30). her king ... among ... Gentiles--(De 28:36). law ... no more--(2Ch 15:3). The civil and religious laws were one under the theocracy. "All the legal ordinances (prophetical as well as priestly) of the theocracy, are no more" (Psa 74:9; Eze 7:26). Jod.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