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 has rejected His altar, He has repudiated His sanctuary; He has handed over The walls of her palaces to the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on the day of an appointed feast. 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 mourn; They have languished together. Her gates have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her leaders are among the nations; The Law is gone. Her prophets, too, find No vision from the Lord. 10The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads; They have put on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground. 11My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants languish In the streets of the city.

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

• gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• have sunkטָבַעţâba‛ · to sinkH2883
• into the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• He has destroyedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• and brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• her barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• Her kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and her leadersשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• are among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• Lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• isאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• Her prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• tooגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• Noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• visionחָזוֹןchâzôn · visionH2377
• from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:9

• Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and disgrace, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”
• Jeremiah 39:2in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached.
• Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; Their strength is exhausted, They are becoming like women; Their homes are set on fire, The bars of her gates are broken.
• Jeremiah 52:14So the entire army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard tore down all the walls around Jerusalem.
• Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile out of affliction And harsh servitude; She lives among the nations, But she has not found a resting place; All those who pursued her have overtaken her In the midst of distress.
• Lamentations 4:15“Keep away! Unclean!” they cried out of themselves. “Keep away, keep away, do not touch!” For they distanced themselves as well as wandered; People among the nations said, “They shall not continue to reside with us.”
• Deuteronomy 28:36The Lord will bring you and your king, whom you appoint over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, made of wood and stone.
• 2 Kings 24:12Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials. And the king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign.
• 2 Kings 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the desert plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.
• Ezekiel 12:13I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My net. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
• Ezekiel 17:20And I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My net. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.
• 2 Chronicles 15:3For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without the Law.
• Ezekiel 7:26Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the Law will be lost from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
• Hosea 3:4For the sons of Israel will live for many days without a king or leader, without sacrifice or memorial stone, and without ephod or household idols.
• Psalms 74:9We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long.

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

Topics related to Lamentations 2:9

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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