New English Translation
Lamentations 2:1
1Alas! The Lord has covered Daughter Zion with his anger. He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect his temple when he displayed his anger. ב (Bet)
Lamentations 2:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
- New International Version (NIV)How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
- English Standard Version (ESV)How the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
- New King James Version (NKJV)How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger.
Context of Lamentations 2:1
Alas! The Lord has covered Daughter Zion with his anger. He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect his temple when he displayed his anger. ב (Bet) 2The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. ג (Gimel) 3In fierce anger he destroyed the whole army of Israel. He withdrew his right hand as the enemy attacked. He was like a raging fire in the land of Jacob; it consumed everything around it. ד (Dalet)
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אֵיכָה֩ יָעִ֨יב בְּאַפּ֤וֹ׀ אֲדֹנָי֙ אֶת־בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן הִשְׁלִ֤יךְ מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔רֶץ תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹא־זָכַ֥ר הֲדֹם־רַגְלָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- How hath the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- coveredעוּב‛ûb · to becloudH5743
- the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- in his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- cast downשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
- from heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- unto the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- the beautyתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- and rememberedזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
- not his footstoolרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- not his footstoolהֲדֹםhădôm · footstoolH1916
- in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
Cross-references for Lamentations 2:1
- Lamentations 1:1Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer! ב (Bet)
- Lamentations 4:1Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner. ב (Bet)
- Lamentations 3:43You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy.
- Ezekiel 30:18In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
- Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.
- Joel 2:2It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army – there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!
- Isaiah 14:14I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!”
- Ezekiel 28:14I placed you there with an anointed guardian cherub; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked about amidst fiery stones.
- Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.
- Luke 10:15And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades!
- Revelation 12:7Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
- 1 Samuel 4:21She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
- 2 Samuel 1:19The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
- Isaiah 64:11Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.
- Ezekiel 7:20They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
- Ezekiel 24:21Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword.
Commentaries on Lamentations 2:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud - The women in the eastern countries wear veils, and often very costly ones. Here, Zion is represented as being veiled by the hand of God's judgment. And what is the veil? A dark cloud, by which she is entirely obscured. Instead of אדני Adonai, lord, twenty-four of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., and some of the most ancient of my own, read יהוה Yehovah, Lord, as in Lamentations 2:2. The beauty of Israel…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1How - Or, “How” doth “אדני 'ădonāy cover.” He hath east down etc. By God‘s footstool seems to be meant the ark. See Psalm 99:5 note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Lamentation for the misery of Jerusalem. Verses 1-9 A sad representation is here made of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel; but the notice seems mostly to refer to the hand of the Lord in their calamities. Yet God is not an enemy to his people, when he is angry with them and corrects them. And gates and bars stand in no stead when God withdraws his protection. It is just with God to cast down those by judgments, who debase themselves by sin…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1heaven: Jerusalem’s buildings were beautiful and impressive. Some were covered with precious metals and decorated with jewels. The city was known as the sacred city of the Lord. his footstool: Compare 1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalms 99:5; 132:7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22La 2:1-22. Aleph. 1. How--The title of the collection repeated here, and in La 4:1. covered ... with a cloud--that is, with the darkness of ignominy. cast down from heaven unto ... earth--(Mt 11:23); dashed down from the highest prosperity to the lowest misery. beauty of Israel--the beautiful temple (Psa 29:2; 74:7; 96:9, Margin; Is 60:7; 64:11). his footstool--the ark (compare 1Ch 28:2, with Psa 99:5; 132:7). They once had gloried more in the ark than in…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
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