Lamentations 5:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

śārîm by-yāḏām niṯlû, pənê zəqēnîm lōʾ nehdārû

Grammar Details

*śārîm*: noun masculine plural - princes/officials
*yāḏām*: noun feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their hand
*niṯlû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they were hanged
*pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - faces of
*zəqēnîm*: noun masculine plural - elders
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*nehdārû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they were honored

Word Meanings

*śārîm*: princes/officials/nobles
*niṯlû*: they were hanged/suspended/impaled
*pənê*: faces of/presence of
*zəqēnîm*: elders/old men
*nehdārû*: they were honored/respected/shown deference

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Referenced Verses

Lam 4:16 : 16 The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; He will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.
Isa 47:6 : 6 I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Jer 39:6-7 : 6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Jer 52:10-11 : 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Jer 52:25-27 : 25 and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king's face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they 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.
Lam 2:20 : 20 See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lam 5:13-14
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80%
13The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.
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80%
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74%
4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
Ezek 22:6-7
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73%
6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
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71%
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Mic 7:3
71%
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Lam 2:10
70%
10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they 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.
Isa 1:23
70%
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Isa 3:14
70%
14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:
Job 12:19-21
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69%
19He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
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21He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
Zeph 3:3
69%
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Isa 3:12
69%
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Ps 107:40
69%
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Ezek 22:27
69%
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Nah 3:10
69%
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2 Chr 29:8
69%
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Hos 7:5
69%
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Ps 149:8
68%
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Mic 3:9
68%
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Lam 4:16
68%
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68%
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12Both young men and virgins; Old men and children:
Hos 7:3
68%
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Amos 5:11
68%
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Jer 18:21
68%
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Eccl 10:16
68%
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Mic 2:9
68%
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Job 31:11
68%
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Jer 5:28
68%
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68%
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Isa 34:12
67%
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Job 29:8-9
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67%
8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
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Lam 2:20-21
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67%
20See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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Amos 2:7
67%
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Ps 12:8
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Ps 74:5
67%
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Deut 22:18
67%
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Job 30:12
67%
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Hab 1:10
67%
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Job 3:15
67%
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Ps 83:11
67%
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Job 22:9
67%
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Ezek 23:10
67%
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