King James Version
Lamentations 5:18
18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Lamentations 5:18 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl 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 is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
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עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:18
- Lamentations 2:8The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
- 1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
- Psalms 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Jeremiah 17:3O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
- Jeremiah 26:9Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 52:13And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
- Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
- Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- Jeremiah 9:11And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an 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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