Lamentations 2:17

Lamentations 2:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word, which he decreed long ago. He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has done what he purposed; he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago; he has thrown down without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice over you and exalted the might of your foes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord has done what He purposed; He has fulfilled His word Which He commanded in days of old. He has thrown down and has not pitied, And He has caused an enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

Context of Lamentations 2:17

15All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, “Is this the city of which they said, ‘The perfection of beauty, A joy to all the earth’?” 16All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it.” The Lord has done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has thrown down without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries. 18Their heart cried out to the Lord, “O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest. 19Arise, cry aloud in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint because of hunger At the head of every street.”

Lamentations 2:17 word by word

עָשָׂ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָמָ֗ם בִּצַּ֤ע אֶמְרָתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה מִֽימֵי־קֶ֔דֶם הָרַ֖ס וְלֹ֣א חָמָ֑ל וַיְשַׂמַּ֤ח עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ אוֹיֵ֔ב הֵרִ֖ים קֶ֥רֶן צָרָֽיִךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• whatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• He purposedזָמַםzâmam · to planH2161
• He has accomplishedבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• His wordאֶמְרָה'imrâh 'emrâh · threatH565
• He commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• from daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of oldקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: oldH6924
• He has thrownהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• withoutלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• sparingחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• And He has caused the enemyאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• exaltedרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• mightקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
• of your adversariesצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:17

• Lamentations 2:8The Lord determined to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line, He has not restrained His hand from destroying, And He has caused rampart and wall to lament; They have languished together.
• Leviticus 26:14‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 29:18so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.
• Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
• Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked-- You are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- Then he forsook God who made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
• Jeremiah 18:11So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds.”’
• Micah 2:3Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity From which you cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk haughtily, For it will be an evil time.
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has cast from heaven to earth The glory of Israel, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.
• Ezekiel 5:11So as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.
• Ezekiel 7:8Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations.
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them.”
• Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, My eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but I will bring their conduct upon their heads.”
• Lamentations 1:5Her adversaries have become her masters, Her enemies prosper; For the Lord has caused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary.
• Deuteronomy 28:43The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.
• Psalms 38:16For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The Lord hate done that - This and the sixteenth verse should be interchanged, to follow the order of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet; as the sixteenth has פ phe for its acrostic letter, and the seventeenth has ע ain, which should precede the other in the order of the alphabet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17That which he had devised - Or, what he purposed. Zion‘s ruin was the fulfillment of God‘s determination, of which they had been forwarned from the days of old (see the margin reference). Fulfilled - Or, finished.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and eaten, according to the threatening, Deut. 28:53. Multitudes fell by the sword. Their false prophets deceived them. And their neighbours laughed at them. It is a great sin to jest at others' miseries, and adds much affliction to the afflicted. Their enemies triumphed over them. The enemies of the church are apt to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17His decree, which He ordained in days of old: God's promises of blessings depended on Israel's obedience to the law (Deuteronomy 8). He had promised to destroy them if they disobeyed it (Leviticus 26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. For the transposition of Hebrew letters (Pe and Ain, La 2:16, 17) in the order of verses, see Introduction. opened ... mouth--as ravening, roaring wild beasts (Job 16:9, 10; Psa 22:13). Herein Jerusalem was a type of Messiah. gnash ... teeth--in vindictive malice. we have seen it--(Psa 35:21). Ain.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