Lamentations 2:22

Lamentations 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
• New International Version (NIV)“As you summon to a feast day, so you summoned against me terrors on every side. In the day of the Lord’s anger no one escaped or survived; those I cared for and reared my enemy has destroyed.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You summoned as if to a festival day my terrors on every side, and on the day of the anger of the Lord no one escaped or survived; those whom I held and raised my enemy destroyed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You have invited as to a feast day The terrors that surround me. In the day of the Lord’s anger There was no refugee or survivor. Those whom I have borne and brought up My enemies have destroyed.”

Context of Lamentations 2:22

20Look, Adonai, and consider with whom You have dealt so severely! Should women eat their offspring, their healthy newborn infants? Should kohen and prophet be slain in the Sanctuary of the Lord? 21On the ground in the streets lie both young and old. My maidens and my young men have fallen by the sword. You slew them in the day of Your anger. You slaughtered them without pity. As on a moed day, You summon against me terrors on every side. On the day of the wrath of Adonai no one escaped or survived. Those whom I bore and raised my enemy has destroyed.

Lamentations 2:22 word by word

תִּקְרָא֩ כְי֨וֹם מוֹעֵ֤ד מְגוּרַי֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וְלֹ֥א הָיָ֛ה בְּי֥וֹם אַף־יְהוָ֖ה פָּלִ֣יט וְשָׂרִ֑יד אֲשֶׁר־טִפַּ֥חְתִּי וְרִבִּ֖יתִי אֹיְבִ֥י כִלָּֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• as in a solemnמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: festivalH4150
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• my terrorsמָגוֹרmâgôr mâgûr · terrorH4032
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
• of the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• none escapedפָּלִיטpâlîyţ pâlêyţ pâlêţ · survivorH6412
• nor remainedשָׂרִידώârîyd · survivorH8300
• those that I have swaddledטָפַחţâphach · to extendH2946
• and brought upרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• hath mine enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:22

• Psalms 31:13I am as forgotten as a dead man. I have become like a broken vessel.
• Isaiah 24:17Panic, pit and trap are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
• Jeremiah 6:25Don’t go out into the field or walk on the road. Since the enemy has a sword, there’s terror on every side!”
• Jeremiah 20:3The following morning, Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Adonai no longer calls your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
• Jeremiah 46:5Why have I seen them? They are shattered, retreating, their warriors beaten, fleeing for cover, no turning back, terror on every side!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Amos 9:1I saw my Lord standing by the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars, so the porches shake! Break all of them off at the head! Then the last of them I will slay with the sword— none of them fleeing will escape and no fugitive will slip away.
• Deuteronomy 28:18“Cursed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your soil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.
• Jeremiah 16:2“You will not take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.”
• Hosea 9:12For if they should raise their children, I would make them childless to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!
• Luke 23:29For indeed, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are barren, and the wombs that never gave birth, and the breasts that did not feed.’

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Thou hast called as in a solemn day - It is by thy influence alone that so many enemies are called together at one time; and they have so hemmed us in that none could escape, and none remained unslain or uncaptivated, Perhaps the figure is the collecting of the people in Jerusalem on one of the solemn annual festivals. God has called terrors together to feast on Jerusalem, similar to the convocation of the people from all parts of the land to one of those…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Thou hast called as in a solemn day - i. e. “Thou” callest “like a feast day,” i. e. like the proclaiming of a festival. My terrors round about - The prophet‘s watch-word (Jeremiah 6:25 note). God now proclaims what Jeremiah had so often called out before, “Magor-missabib.” On every side were conquering Chaldaeans.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and eaten, according to the threatening, Deut. 28:53. Multitudes fell by the sword. Their false prophets deceived them. And their neighbours laughed at them. It is a great sin to jest at others' miseries, and adds much affliction to the afflicted. Their enemies triumphed over them. The enemies of the church are apt to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22summoned … for the day of an appointed feast: The poet compares Jerusalem's destruction to a feast where war, famine, wild animals, and sickness consume the wicked in Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 28:15–68; compare Revelation 19:17–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Thou hast called as in ... solemn day ... terrors--Thou hast summoned my enemies against me from all quarters, just as multitudes used to be convened to Jerusalem, on the solemn feast days. The objects, for which the enemies and the festal multitude respectively met, formed a sad contrast. Compare La 1:15: "called an assembly against me."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