Lamentations 2:3
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.
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.
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- BSB
- In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
- ASV
- He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
- DARBY
- He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy; and he burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, devouring round about.
- BLB
- He has cut off in the burning of [His] anger every horn of Israel; He has turned back His right hand from before the enemy, and He has blazed against Jacob like a fire of flame, devouring all around!
- ÅB
- Han har i brennende vrede avhugget hvert horn i Israel, dradd sin høyre hånd tilbake for fiendens åsyn[^2] og satt Jakob i brann lik en flammer som fortærer rundt omkring.
- OTB
- I voldsom vrede har han avskåret all Israels styrke. Han har trukket tilbake sin høyre hånd ved fiendens ankomst, og har flammet i Jakob som en fortærende ild på alle kanter.
- B1930
- Han har i brennende vrede avhugget hvert horn i Israel, dradd sin høire hånd tilbake for fiendens åsyn og satt Jakob i brand lik en ildslue som fortærer rundt omkring. / < d.e. latt fienden uhindret trenge frem.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 74:11
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
Read in contextPsalms 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:25
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Read in contextPsalms 75:10
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Read in contextPsalms 89:46
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Read in contextJeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 79:5
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Read in contextJeremiah 21:4–5
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
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