Lamentations 5:18
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
- KJV
- Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- WEB
- for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
- ASV
- For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.
- DARBY
- Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
- BLB
- For Mount Zion, which is desolate; foxes have walked upon it.
- ÅB
- for Sions bergs skyld, som er øde; rever løper om på det.
- OTB
- for Sions berg er øde, med ville dyr som streifer over det.
- B1930
- for Sions bergs skyld, som er øde; rever løper om på det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:11
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
Read in contextLamentations 2:8–9
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:13–14
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
Read in contextPsalms 74:2–3
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
Read in contextJeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Read in context1 Kings 9:7–8
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:3
O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
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