2:1 How hath the Lord 136 covered 5743 0 the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 with a cloud 5743 8686 in his anger 639, [and] cast down 7993 8689 from heaven 8064 unto the earth 776 the beauty 8597 of Israel 3478, and remembered 2142 8804 not his footstool 1916 7272 in the day 3117 of his anger 639!

2:2 The Lord 136 hath swallowed up 1104 8765 all the habitations 4999 of Jacob 3290, and hath not pitied 2550 8804: he hath thrown down 2040 8804 in his wrath 5678 the strong holds 4013 of the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063; he hath brought [them] down 5060 8689 to the ground 776: he hath polluted 2490 8765 the kingdom 4467 and the princes 8269 thereof.(brought…: Heb. made to touch)

2:3 He hath cut off 1438 8804 in [his] fierce 2750 anger 639 all the horn 7161 of Israel 3478: he hath drawn 7725 8689 back 268 his right hand 3225 from before 6440 the enemy 341 8802, and he burned 1197 8799 against Jacob 3290 like a flaming 3852 fire 784, [which] devoureth 398 8804 round about 5439.

2:4 He hath bent 1869 8804 his bow 7198 like an enemy 341 8802: he stood 5324 8737 with his right hand 3225 as an adversary 6862, and slew 2026 8799 all [that were] pleasant 4261 to the eye 5869 in the tabernacle 168 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726: he poured out 8210 8804 his fury 2534 like fire 784.(all…: Heb. all the desirable of the eye)

2:5 The Lord 136 was as an enemy 341 8802: he hath swallowed up 1104 8765 Israel 3478, he hath swallowed up 1104 8765 all her palaces 759: he hath destroyed 7843 8765 his strong holds 4013, and hath increased 7235 8686 in the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063 mourning 8386 and lamentation 592.

2:6 And he hath violently taken away 2554 8799 his tabernacle 7900, as [if it were of] a garden 1588: he hath destroyed 7843 8765 his places of the assembly 4150: the LORD 3068 hath caused the solemn feasts 4150 and sabbaths 7676 to be forgotten 7911 8765 in Zion 6726, and hath despised 5006 8799 in the indignation 2195 of his anger 639 the king 4428 and the priest 3548.(tabernacle: or, hedge)

2:7 The Lord 136 hath cast off 2186 8804 his altar 4196, he hath abhorred 5010 8765 his sanctuary 4720, he hath given up 5462 8689 into the hand 3027 of the enemy 341 8802 the walls 2346 of her palaces 759; they have made 5414 8804 a noise 6963 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, as in the day 3117 of a solemn feast 4150.(given up: Heb. shut up)

2:8 The LORD 3068 hath purposed 2803 8804 to destroy 7843 8687 the wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726: he hath stretched out 5186 8804 a line 6957, he hath not withdrawn 7725 8689 his hand 3027 from destroying 1104 8763: therefore he made the rampart 2426 and the wall 2346 to lament 56 8686; they languished 535 8797 together 3162.(destroying: Heb. swallowing up)

2:9 Her gates 8179 are sunk 2883 8804 into the ground 776; he hath destroyed 6 8765 and broken 7665 8765 her bars 1280: her king 4428 and her princes 8269 [are] among the Gentiles 1471: the law 8451 [is] no [more]; her prophets 5030 also find 4672 8804 no vision 2377 from the LORD 3068.

2:10 The elders 2205 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 sit 3427 8799 upon the ground 776, [and] keep silence 1826 8799: they have cast up 5927 8689 dust 6083 upon their heads 7218; they have girded 2296 8804 themselves with sackcloth 8242: the virgins 1330 of Jerusalem 3389 hang down 3381 8689 their heads 7218 to the ground 776.

2:11 Mine eyes 5869 do fail 3615 8804 with tears 1832, my bowels 4578 are troubled 2560 8777, my liver 3516 is poured 8210 8738 upon the earth 776, for the destruction 7667 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971; because the children 5768 and the sucklings 3243 8802 swoon 5848 8736 in the streets 7339 of the city 7151.(swoon: or, faint)

2:12 They say 559 8799 to their mothers 517, Where [is] corn 1715 and wine 3196? when they swooned 5848 8692 as the wounded 2491 in the streets 7339 of the city 5892, when their soul 5315 was poured out 8210 8692 into their mothers' 517 bosom 2436.

2:13 What thing shall I take to witness 5749 8686 8675 5749 8799 for thee? what thing 4100 shall I liken 1819 8762 to thee, O daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389? what shall I equal 7737 8686 to thee, that I may comfort 5162 8762 thee, O virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of Zion 6726? for thy breach 7667 [is] great 1419 like the sea 3220: who can heal 7495 8799 thee?

2:14 Thy prophets 5030 have seen 2372 8804 vain 7723 and foolish things 8602 for thee: and they have not discovered 1540 8765 thine iniquity 5771, to turn away 7725 8687 thy captivity 7622 8675 7622; but have seen 2372 8799 for thee false 7723 burdens 4864 and causes of banishment 4065.

2:15 All that pass 5674 8802 by clap 5606 8804 [their] hands 3709 at thee 1870; they hiss 8319 8804 and wag 5128 8686 their head 7218 at the daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389, [saying, Is] this the city 5892 that [men] call 559 8799 The perfection 3632 of beauty 3308, The joy 4885 of the whole earth 776?(by: Heb. by the way)

2:16 All thine enemies 341 8802 have opened 6475 8804 their mouth 6310 against thee: they hiss 8319 8804 and gnash 2786 8799 the teeth 8127: they say 559 8804, We have swallowed [her] up 1104 8765: certainly 389 this [is] the day 3117 that we looked for 6960 8765; we have found 4672 8804, we have seen 7200 8804 [it].

2:17 The LORD 3068 hath done 6213 8804 [that] which he had devised 2161 8804; he hath fulfilled 1214 8765 his word 565 that he had commanded 6680 8765 in the days 3117 of old 6924: he hath thrown down 2040 8804, and hath not pitied 2550 8804: and he hath caused [thine] enemy 341 8802 to rejoice 8055 8762 over thee, he hath set up 7311 8689 the horn 7161 of thine adversaries 6862.

2:18 Their heart 3820 cried 6817 8804 unto the Lord 136, O wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726, let tears 1832 run down 3381 8685 like a river 5158 day 3119 and night 3915: give 5414 8799 thyself no rest 6314; let not the apple 1323 of thine eye 5869 cease 1826 8799.

2:19 Arise 6965 8798, cry out 7442 8798 in the night 3915: in the beginning 7218 of the watches 821 pour out 8210 8798 thine heart 3820 like water 4325 before 5227 the face 6440 of the Lord 136: lift up 5375 8798 thy hands 3709 toward him for the life 5315 of thy young children 5768, that faint 5848 8803 for hunger 7458 in the top 7218 of every street 2351.

2:20 Behold 7200 8798, O LORD 3068, and consider 5027 8685 to whom thou hast done 5953 8782 this 3541. Shall the women 802 eat 398 8799 their fruit 6529, [and] children 5768 of a span long 2949? shall the priest 3548 and the prophet 5030 be slain 2026 8735 in the sanctuary 4720 of the Lord 136?(of a span…: or, swaddled with their hands?)

2:21 The young 5288 and the old 2205 lie 7901 8804 on the ground 776 in the streets 2351: my virgins 1330 and my young men 970 are fallen 5307 8804 by the sword 2719; thou hast slain 2026 8804 [them] in the day 3117 of thine anger 639; thou hast killed 2873 8804, [and] not pitied 2550 8804.

2:22 Thou hast called 7121 8799 as in a solemn 4150 day 3117 my terrors 4032 round about 5439, so that in the day 3117 of the LORD'S 3068 anger 639 none escaped 6412 nor remained 8300: those that I have swaddled 2946 8765 and brought up 7235 8765 hath mine enemy 341 8802 consumed 3615 8765.

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