Revised Version 1895
Lamentations 4:12
12The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations 4:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
- New International Version (NIV)The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the inhabitants of the world, that foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The kings of the earth, And all inhabitants of the world, Would not have believed That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem—
Context of Lamentations 4:12
10The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children; they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 11The LORD hath accomplished his fury, he hath poured out his fierce anger; and he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof. The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem. 13It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. 14They wander as blind men in the streets, that are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
Read all of Lamentations 4Lamentations 4:12 word by word
לֹ֤א הֶאֱמִ֙ינוּ֙ מַלְכֵי־אֶ֔רֶץ כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י תֵבֵ֑ל כִּ֤י יָבֹא֙ צַ֣ר וְאוֹיֵ֔ב בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
- kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- believedאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
- notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
- enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
- enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
Cross-references for Lamentations 4:12
- Deuteronomy 29:24even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
- 1 Kings 9:8And though this house be so high, yet shall every one that passeth by be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
- Psalms 48:4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
Commentaries on Lamentations 4:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The kings of the earth - Jerusalem was so well fortified, both by nature and art, that it appeared as a miracle that it should be taken at all.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Though Jerusalem had been several times captured 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Kings 23:33-35, yet it had been so strongly fortified by Uzziah and his successors as to have been made virtually impregnable. Its present capture by Nebuchadnezzar had cost him a year and a half‘s siege.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The kings of the earth … could enter the gates of Jerusalem: Since God had saved Jerusalem from Sennacherib of Assyria over a century earlier (2 Kings 19:36–37), the Judeans firmly believed that even the powerful king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon could not conquer the city.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Jerusalem was so fortified that all thought it impregnable. It therefore could only have been the hand of God, not the force of man, which overthrew it. Mem.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Lamentations 4
- 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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