New American Standard Bible 1995
Lamentations 2:13-17
13How shall I admonish you? To what 1shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O 2virgin daughter of Zion? For your 3ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can 4heal you?14Your 5prophets have seen for you False and foolish visions; And they have not 6exposed your iniquity So as to restore you from captivity, But they have 7seen for you false and misleading 8oracles.15All who pass along the way 9Clap their hands in derision at you; They 10hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, “Is this the city of which they said, ‘11The perfection of beauty, 12A joy to all the earth’?”16All 13your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and 14gnash their teeth. They say, “We have 15swallowed her up! Surely this is the 16day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it.”17The Lord has 17done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has thrown down 18without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to 19rejoice over you; He has 20exalted the 21might of your adversaries.
Notes
- 1. Lamentations 2:13 Lam 1:12 ↩
- 2. Lamentations 2:13 Is 37:22 ↩
- 3. Lamentations 2:13 Lit breaking ↩
- 4. Lamentations 2:13 Jer 8:22; 30:12-15 ↩
- 5. Lamentations 2:14 Jer 23:25-29; 29:8, 9 ↩
- 6. Lamentations 2:14 Is 58:1; Ezek 23:36; Mic 3:8 ↩
- 7. Lamentations 2:14 Jer 23:36; Ezek 22:25, 28 ↩
- 8. Lamentations 2:14 Lit burdens ↩
- 9. Lamentations 2:15 Job 27:23; Ezek 25:6 ↩
- 10. Lamentations 2:15 Ps 22:7; Is 37:22; Jer 18:16; 19:8; Zeph 2:15 ↩
- 11. Lamentations 2:15 Ps 50:2 ↩
- 12. Lamentations 2:15 Ps 48:2 ↩
- 13. Lamentations 2:16 Job 16:10; Ps 22:13; Lam 3:46 ↩
- 14. Lamentations 2:16 Job 16:9; Ps 35:16; 37:12 ↩
- 15. Lamentations 2:16 Ps 56:2; 124:3; Jer 51:34 ↩
- 16. Lamentations 2:16 Obad 12-15 ↩
- 17. Lamentations 2:17 Jer 4:28 ↩
- 18. Lamentations 2:17 Lam 2:1, 2; Ezek 5:11; 7:8, 9; 8:18 ↩
- 19. Lamentations 2:17 Ps 35:24, 26; 89:42; Is 14:29 ↩
- 20. Lamentations 2:17 Deut 28:43, 44; Lam 1:5 ↩
- 21. Lamentations 2:17 Lit horn ↩
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
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