1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Lamentations 2

1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem. 20 He complaineth thereof to God.

 2:1 How 351a the Lord 136 has covered 5743 the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 With a cloud 5743 in His anger 639! He has cast 7993 from heaven 8064 to earth 776 The glory 8597 of Israel 3478, And has not remembered 2142 His footstool 1916 7272 In the day 3117 of His anger 639.

 2:2 The Lord 136 has swallowed 1104 up; He has not spared 2550 All 3605 the habitations 4999 of Jacob 3290. In His wrath 5678 He has thrown 2040 down 2040 The strongholds 4013 of the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063; He has brought 5060 [them] down 5060 to the ground 776; He has profaned 2490c the kingdom 4467 and its princes 8269.

 2:3 In fierce 2750 anger 639 He has cut 1438 off 1438 All 3605 the strength 7161 of Israel 3478; He has drawn 7725 back 268 His right 3225 hand 3225 From before 6440 the enemy 340. And He has burned 1197a in Jacob 3290 like a flaming 3852 fire 784 Consuming 398 round 5439 about 5439.

 2:4 He has bent 1869 His bow 7198 like an enemy 340; He has set 5324 His right 3225 hand 3225 like an adversary 6862c And slain 2026 all 3605 that were pleasant 4261 to the eye 5869; In the tent 168 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 He has poured 8210 out His wrath 2534 like fire 784.

 2:5 The Lord 136 has become 1961 like an enemy 340. He has swallowed 1104 up Israel 3478; He has swallowed 1104 up all 3605 its palaces 759, He has destroyed 7843 its strongholds 4013 And multiplied 7235a in the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063 Mourning 592 and moaning 592.

 2:6 And He has violently 2554 treated 2554 His tabernacle 7900 like a garden 1588 [booth]; He has destroyed 7843 His appointed 4150 meeting 4150 place 4150. The LORD 3068 has caused to be forgotten 7911 The appointed 4150 feast 4150 and sabbath 7676 in Zion 6726, And He has despised 5006 king 4428 and priest 3548 In the indignation 2195 of His anger 639.

 2:7 The Lord 136 has rejected 2186a His altar 4196, He has abandoned 5010 His sanctuary 4720; He has delivered 5462 into the hand 3027 of the enemy 340 The walls 2346 of her palaces 759. They have made 5414 a noise 6963 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 As in the day 3117 of an appointed 4150 feast 4150.

 2:8 The LORD 3068 determined 2803 to destroy 7843 The wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726. He has stretched 5186 out a line 6957b, He has not restrained 7725 His hand 3027 from destroying 1104, And He has caused rampart 2426 and wall 2346 to lament 56; They have languished 535 together 3164a.

 2:9 Her gates 8179 have sunk 2883 into the ground 776, He has destroyed 6 and broken 7665 her bars 1280. Her king 4428 and her princes 8269 are among the nations 1471; The law 8451 is no 369 more 369. Also 1571, her prophets 5030 find 4672 No 3808 vision 2377 from the LORD 3068.

 2:10 The elders 2205 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 Sit 3427 on the ground 776, they are silent 1826a. They have thrown 5927 dust 6083 on their heads 7218; They have girded 2296 themselves with sackcloth 8242. The virgins 1330 of Jerusalem 3389 Have bowed 3381 their heads 7218 to the ground 776.

 2:11 My eyes 5869 fail 3615 because of tears 1832, My spirit 4578 is greatly 2560a troubled 2560a; My heart 3516 is poured 8210 out on the earth 776 Because 5921 of the destruction 7667 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971a, When little 5768 ones 5768 and infants 3243 faint 5848c In the streets 7339 of the city 7151.

 2:12 They say 559 to their mothers 517, “Where 346 is grain 1715 and wine 3196?” As they faint 5848c like a wounded 2491a man 2491a In the streets 7339 of the city 5892b, As their life 5315 is poured 8210 out On their mothers’ 517 bosom 2436.

 2:13 How 4100 shall I admonish 5749b you? To what 4100 shall I compare 1819 you, O daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389? To what 4100 shall I liken 7737a you as I comfort 5162 you, O virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of Zion 6726? For your ruin 7667 is as vast 1419 as the sea 3220; Who 4310 can heal 7495 you?

 2:14 Your prophets 5030 have seen 2372 for you False 7723 and foolish 8602a [visions]; And they have not exposed 1540 your iniquity 5771 So as to restore 7725 you from captivity 7622, But they have seen 2372 for you false 7723 and misleading 4065 oracles 4065.

 2:15 All 3605 who pass 5674a along 5674a the way 1870 Clap 5606 their hands 3709 [in derision] at you; They hiss 8319 and shake 5128 their heads 7218 At the daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389, “Is this 384 the city 5892b of which 7945 they said 559, ‘The perfection 3632 of beauty 3308, A joy 4885 to all 3605 the earth 776’?”

 2:16 All 3605 your enemies 340 Have opened 6475 their mouths 6310 wide against 5921 you; They hiss 8319 and gnash 2786 [their] teeth 8127. They say 559, “We have swallowed 1104 [her] up! Surely 389 this 2088 is the day 3117 for which 7945 we waited 6960a; We have reached 4672 [it], we have seen 7200 [it].”

 2:17 The LORD 3068 has done 6213a what 834 He purposed 2161; He has accomplished 1214 His word 565b Which 834 He commanded 6680 from days 3117 of old 6924a. He has thrown 2040 down 2040 without 3808 sparing 2550, And He has caused the enemy 340 to rejoice 8055 over 5921 you; He has exalted 7311 the might 7161 of your adversaries 6862c.

 2:18 Their heart 3820 cried 6817 out to the Lord 136, “O wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726, Let [your] tears 1832 run 3381 down 3381 like a river 5158a day 3119 and night 3915; Give 5414 yourself no 408 relief 6314, Let your eyes 5869 have 1826a no 408 rest 1826a.

 2:19 “Arise 6965, cry 7442 aloud 7442 in the night 3915 At the beginning 7218 of the night watches 821; Pour 8210 out your heart 3820 like water 4325 Before 5227 the presence 6440 of the Lord 136; Lift 5375 up your hands 3709 to Him For the life 5315 of your little 5768 ones 5768 Who are faint 5848c because of hunger 7458 At the head 7218 of every 3605 street 2351.”

 2:20 See 7200, O LORD 3068, and look 5027! With whom 4310 have You dealt 5953a thus 3541? Should women 802 eat 398 their offspring 6529, The little 5768 ones 5768 who 2949 were born 2949 healthy 2949? Should priest 3548 and prophet 5030 be slain 2026 In the sanctuary 4720 of the Lord 136?

 2:21 On the ground 776 in the streets 2351 Lie 7901 young 5288 and old 2205; My virgins 1330 and my young 970 men 970 Have fallen 5307 by the sword 2719. You have slain 2026 [them] in the day 3117 of Your anger 639, You have slaughtered 2873, not sparing 2550.

 2:22 You called 7121 as in the day 3117 of an appointed 4150 feast 4150 My terrors 4032 on every 5439 side 5439; And there was no 3808 one who 6412a escaped 6412a or survived 8300 In the day 3117 of the LORD’S 3068 anger 639. Those whom 834 I bore 2946 and reared 7235a, My enemy 340 annihilated 3615 them.