New American Standard Bible 1995

Lamentations 2:13-19

13HowH4100 shall I admonishH5749 you? To whatH4100 1shall I compareH1819 you, O daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389? To whatH4100 shall I likenH7737 you as I comfortH5162 you, O 2virginH1330 daughterH1323 of ZionH6726? For your 3ruinH7667 is as vastH1419 as the seaH3220; WhoH4310 can 4healH7495 you?14Your 5prophetsH5030 have seenH2372 for you FalseH7723 and foolishH8602 visions; And they have not 6exposedH1540 your iniquityH5771 So as to restoreH7725 you from captivityH7622, But they have 7seenH2372 for you falseH7723 and misleadingH4065 8oraclesH4065.15AllH3605 who passH5674 alongH5674 the wayH1870 9ClapH5606 their handsH3709 in derision at you; They 10hissH8319 and shakeH5128 their headsH7218 At the daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389, “Is thisH2088 the cityH5892 of whichH7945 they saidH559, ‘11The perfectionH3632 of beautyH3308, 12A joyH4885 to allH3605 the earthH776’?”16AllH3605 13your enemiesH340 Have openedH6475 their mouthsH6310 wide againstH5921 you; They hissH8319 and 14gnashH2786 their teethH8127. They sayH559, “We have 15swallowedH1104 her up! SurelyH389 thisH2088 is the 16dayH3117 for whichH7945 we waitedH6960; We have reachedH4672 it, we have seenH7200 it.”17The LordH3068 has 17doneH6213 whatH834 He purposedH2161; He has accomplishedH1214 His wordH565 WhichH834 He commandedH6680 from daysH3117 of oldH6924. He has thrownH2040 downH2040 18withoutH3808 sparingH2550, And He has caused the enemyH340 to 19rejoiceH8055 overH5921 you; He has 20exaltedH7311 the 21mightH7161 of your adversariesH6862.18Their 22heartH3820 criedH6817 out to the LordH136, “O 23wallH2346 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726, Let your 24tearsH1832 runH3381 downH3381 like a riverH5158 dayH3119 and nightH3915; GiveH5414 yourself noH408 reliefH6314, Let 25your eyesH5869 haveH1826 noH408 restH1826.19AriseH6965, cryH7442 aloudH7442 in the 26nightH3915 At the beginningH7218 of the night watchesH821; 27PourH8210 out your heartH3820 like waterH4325 BeforeH5227 the presenceH6440 of the LordH136; LiftH5375 up your handsH3709 to Him For the 28lifeH5315 of your littleH5768 onesH5768 Who are 29faintH5848 because of hungerH7458 At the headH7218 of everyH3605 streetH2351.”

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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 ↩
22. Lamentations 2:18 Ps 119:145; Hos 7:14 ↩
23. Lamentations 2:18 Lam 2:8; Hab 2:11 ↩
24. Lamentations 2:18 Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1; Lam 1:2, 16; 3:48, 49 ↩
25. Lamentations 2:18 Lit the daughter of your eye ↩
26. Lamentations 2:19 Ps 42:3; Is 26:9 ↩
27. Lamentations 2:19 1 Sam 1:15; Ps 42:4; 62:8 ↩
28. Lamentations 2:19 Lam 2:11 ↩
29. Lamentations 2:19 Is 51:20 ↩

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