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Lamentations 2:20 (KJV) King James Version

1 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!
2 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.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9 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.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22 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.
1 How H349 hath the Lord H136 EDS covered H5743 the daughter H1323 CFS of Zion H6726 with a cloud in his anger H639 B-CMS-3MS , and cast down H7993 from heaven H8064 unto the earth H776 GFS the beauty H8597 of Israel H3478 , and remembered H2142 not H3808 W-NPAR his footstool H1916 in the day H3117 B-NMS of his anger H639 CMS-3MS !
2 The Lord H136 EDS hath swallowed up H1104 all H3605 NMS the habitations H4999 of Jacob H3290 , and hath not H3808 NPAR pitied H2550 : he hath thrown down H2040 in his wrath H5678 the strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063 ; he hath brought them down H5060 to the ground H776 LD-NFS : he hath polluted H2490 the kingdom H4467 and the princes H8269 thereof .
3 He hath cut off H1438 in his fierce H2750 anger H639 CMS all H3605 NMS the horn H7161 of Israel H3478 : he hath drawn H7725 VHQ3MS back H268 his right hand H3225 CFS-3MS from before H6440 M-CMP the enemy H341 VQPMS , and he burned H1197 against Jacob H3290 like a flaming H3852 fire H784 , which devoureth H398 VQQ3FS round about H5439 .
4 He hath bent H1869 his bow H7198 like an enemy H341 : he stood H5324 with his right hand H3225 CFS-3MS as an adversary H6862 , and slew H2026 all H3605 NMS that were pleasant H4261 to the eye H5869 NMS in the tabernacle H168 of the daughter H1323 CFS of Zion H6726 : he poured out H8210 his fury H2534 like fire H784 .
5 The Lord H136 EDS was H1961 VQQ3MS as an enemy H341 : he hath swallowed up H1104 Israel H3478 , he hath swallowed up H1104 all H3605 NMS her palaces H759 : he hath destroyed H7843 his strongholds H4013 , and hath increased H7235 in the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063 mourning H8386 and lamentation H592 .
6 And he hath violently taken away H2554 his tabernacle H7900 , as if it were of a garden H1588 : he hath destroyed H7843 his places of the assembly H4150 : the LORD H3068 EDS hath caused the solemn feasts H4150 NMS and sabbaths H7676 to be forgotten H7911 in Zion H6726 , and hath despised H5006 in the indignation H2195 of his anger H639 CMS-3MS the king H4428 NMS and the priest H3548 .
7 The Lord H136 EDS hath cast off H2186 his altar H4196 , he hath abhorred H5010 his sanctuary H4720 , he hath given up H5462 into the hand H3027 B-CFS of the enemy H341 VQPMS the walls H2346 of her palaces H759 ; they have made H5414 a noise H6963 CMS in the house H1004 B-CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , as in the day H3117 of a solemn feast H4150 .
8 The LORD H3068 EDS hath purposed H2803 to destroy H7843 the wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 CFS of Zion H6726 : he hath stretched out H5186 VQQ3MS a line H6957 , he hath not H3808 NADV withdrawn H7725 VHQ3MS his hand H3027 CFS-3MS from destroying H1104 : therefore he made the rampart H2426 and the wall H2346 to lament H56 ; they languished H535 together H3162 ADV-3MS .
9 Her gates H8179 are sunk H2883 into the ground H776 BD-GFS ; he hath destroyed H6 and broken H7665 her bars H1280 : her king H4428 and her princes H8269 are among the Gentiles H1471 : the law H8451 NFS is no H369 NPAR more ; her prophets H5030 also H1571 CONJ find H4672 VQQ3MP no H3808 NADV vision H2377 from the LORD H3068 .
10 The elders H2205 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 sit H3427 VQY3MP upon the ground H776 LD-NFS , and keep silence H1826 : they have cast up H5927 dust H6083 NMS upon H5921 PREP their heads H7218 ; they have girded H2296 themselves with sackcloth H8242 NMP : the virgins H1330 of Jerusalem H3389 hang down H3381 their heads H7218 to the ground H776 LD-NFS .
11 Mine eyes H5869 CMD-1MS do fail H3615 VQQ3MP with tears H1832 , my bowels H4578 CMP-1MS are troubled H2560 , my liver H3516 is poured H8210 upon the earth H776 LD-NFS , for H5921 PREP the destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 CFS of my people H5971 ; because the children H5768 and the sucklings H3243 swoon H5848 in the streets H7339 of the city H7151 .
12 They say H559 to their mothers H517 , Where H346 IGAT is corn H1715 and wine H3196 W-NMS ? when they swooned H5848 as the wounded H2491 in the streets H7339 of the city H5892 GFS , when their soul H5315 CFS-3MP was poured out H8210 into H413 PREP their mothers H517 \' bosom H2436 .
13 What thing H4100 IGAT shall I take to witness H5749 for thee ? what thing H4100 IGAT shall I liken H1819 to thee , O daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 ? what H4100 IGAT shall I equal H7737 to thee , that I may comfort H5162 thee , O virgin H1330 daughter H1323 CFS of Zion H6726 ? for H3588 CONJ thy breach H7667 is great H1419 like the sea H3220 : who H4310 IPRO can heal H7495 thee ?
14 Thy prophets H5030 have seen H2372 VQP3MP vain H7723 NMS and foolish things H8602 for thee : and they have not H3808 W-NPAR discovered H1540 thine iniquity H5771 , to turn away H7725 L-VHFC thy captivity H7622 ; but have seen H2372 for thee false H7723 NMS burdens H4864 and causes of banishment H4065 .
15 All H3605 NMS that pass by clap H5606 their hands H3709 NFD at H5921 PREP thee ; they hiss H8319 and wag H5128 their head H7218 at H5921 PREP the daughter H1323 CFS of Jerusalem H3389 , saying , Is this H2063 D-PFS the city H5892 D-GFS that men call H7945 The perfection H3632 of beauty H3308 , The joy H4885 of the whole H3605 NMS earth H776 D-GFS ?
16 All H3605 NMS thine enemies H341 have opened H6475 their mouth H6310 against H5921 thee : they hiss H8319 and gnash H2786 the teeth H8127 : they say H559 VQQ3MP , We have swallowed her up H1104 : certainly H389 ADV this H2088 DPRO is the day H3117 D-AMS that we looked for ; we have found H4672 VQQ1MP , we have seen H7200 it .
17 The LORD H3068 EDS hath done H6213 VQQ3MS that which H834 RPRO he had devised H2161 ; he hath fulfilled H1214 his word H565 that H834 RPRO he had commanded H6680 VPQ3MS in the days H3117 of old H6924 NMS : he hath thrown down H2040 , and hath not H3808 W-NPAR pitied H2550 : and he hath caused thine enemy H341 VQPMS to rejoice H8055 over H5921 thee , he hath set up H7311 the horn H7161 of thine adversaries H6862 .
18 Their heart H3820 CMS-3MP cried H6817 unto H413 PREP the Lord H136 EDS , O wall H2346 of the daughter H1323 CFS of Zion H6726 , let tears H1832 run down H3381 like a river H5158 day H3119 ADV and night H3915 W-NMS : give H5414 thyself no H408 ADV rest H6314 ; let not H408 NPAR the apple H1323 CFS of thine eye H5869 cease H1826 .
19 Arise H6965 , cry out H7442 in the night H3915 : in the beginning H7218 of the watches H821 pour out H8210 thine heart H3820 like water H4325 KD-NMP before H5227 the face H6440 CMP of the Lord H136 EDS : lift up H5375 thy hands H3709 toward H413 PREP-3MS him for H5921 PREP the life H5315 GFS of thy young children H5768 , that faint H5848 for hunger H7458 B-NMS in the top H7218 B-NMS of every H3605 NMS street H2351 CFP .
20 Behold H7200 VQI2MS , O LORD H3068 EDS , and consider H5027 to whom H4310 L-IPRO thou hast done H5953 this H3541 . Shall the women H802 GFP eat H398 their fruit H6529 , and children H5768 of a span long H2949 ? shall the priest H3548 and the prophet H5030 be slain H2026 in the sanctuary H4720 of the Lord H136 EDS ?
21 The young H5288 and the old H2205 lie H7901 on the ground H776 LD-NFS in the streets H2351 : my virgins H1330 and my young men H970 are fallen H5307 VQQ3MP by the sword H2719 ; thou hast slain H2026 them in the day H3117 B-NMS of thine anger H639 CMS-2MS ; thou hast killed H2873 , and not H3808 NADV pitied H2550 .
22 Thou hast called H7121 VQI2MS as in a solemn H4150 NMS day H3117 B-NMS my terrors H4032 round about H5439 M-ADV , so that in the day H3117 B-NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS \'s anger H639 CMS none H3808 W-NPAR escaped H6412 nor remained H8300 : those that H834 RPRO I have swaddled H2946 and brought up H7235 hath mine enemy H341 VQCMS-1MS consumed H3615 .