Lamentations 2:2

Lamentations 2:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has swallowed up without mercy all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Without mercy the Lord has destroyed every home in Israel. In his anger he has broken down the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He has brought them to the ground, dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

Context of Lamentations 2:2

1How 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. Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor. 3In fierce anger he has cut off every horn of Israel. He has withdrawn his right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it. 4Like an enemy he has strung his bow; his right hand is ready. Like a foe he has slain all who were pleasing to the eye; he has poured out his wrath like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.

Lamentations 2:2 word by word

בִּלַּ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֜י וְלֹ֣א חָמַ֗ל אֵ֚ת כָּל־נְא֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֔ב הָרַ֧ס בְּעֶבְרָת֛וֹ מִבְצְרֵ֥י בַת־יְהוּדָ֖ה הִגִּ֣יעַ לָאָ֑רֶץ חִלֵּ֥ל מַמְלָכָ֖ה וְשָׂרֶֽיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• hath swallowed upבָּלַעbâla‛ · to swallow upH1104
• all the habitationsנָוָהnâ'âh · habitationH4999
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• and hath not pitiedחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• he hath thrown downהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• in his wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• the strong holdsמִבְצָרmibtsâr mibtsârâh · fortificationH4013
• of the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• downנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• he hath pollutedחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• and the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:2

• Lamentations 1:17Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
• Lamentations 3:43“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
• Job 2:3Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
• Psalms 21:9When you appear for battle, you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and his fire will consume them.
• Isaiah 27:11When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
• Jeremiah 13:14I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity or mercy or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’ ”
• Jeremiah 21:7After that, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will put them to the sword; he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’
• Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.
• Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will surely repay you for your conduct and for the detestable practices among you. “ ‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Ezekiel 9:10So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.”
• Zechariah 11:5Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.
• Matthew 18:33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’
• Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.
• Jeremiah 5:10“Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the Lord.
• Micah 5:11I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The Lord hath swallowed up - It is a strange figure when thus applied: but Jehovah is here represented as having swallowed down Jerusalem and all the cities and fortifications in the land: that is, he has permitted them to be destroyed. See Lamentations 2:6.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Habitations - The dwellings of the shepherds in the pastures Jeremiah 49:19. These are described as swallowed up by an earthquake, while the storm itself throws down the fortified cities of Judah. Polluted - i. e. profaned it, made common or unclean what before was holy.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22This chapter vividly shows the Lord acting as the one who destroys Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. polluted--by delivering it into the hands of the profane foe. Compare Psa 89:39, "profaned ... crown." Gimel.Read the comment

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• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
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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