Lamentations 2:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He bent his bow like an enemy, his right hand poised like an adversary. He has killed all that was precious to the eye and poured out his fury like fire on the tent of the daughter of Zion.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    He has bent His bow like an enemy: He stood with His right hand as an adversary, and killed all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He poured out His fury like fire.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    He hath bent{H1869} his bow{H7198} like an enemy,{H341} he hath stood{H5324} with his right hand{H3225} as an adversary,{H6862} And hath slain{H2026} all that were pleasant{H4261} to the eye:{H5869} In the tent{H168} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} he hath poured out{H8210} his wrath{H2534} like fire.{H784}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    He hath bent{H1869}{(H8804)} his bow{H7198} like an enemy{H341}{(H8802)}: he stood{H5324}{(H8737)} with his right hand{H3225} as an adversary{H6862}, and slew{H2026}{(H8799)} all that were pleasant{H4261} to the eye{H5869} in the tabernacle{H168} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726}: he poured out{H8210}{(H8804)} his fury{H2534} like fire{H784}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He hath bent his bowe like an enemie, he hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary; and euery thinge that was pleasaut to se, he hath smyten it downe. He hath poured out his wrath like a fyre, in to the tabernacle of the doughter Sion.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He hath bent his bowe like an enemie: his right hand was stretched vp as an aduersarie, and slewe al that was pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he powred out his wrath like fire.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He hath bent his bowe like an enemie, he hath fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarie, and euery thyng that was pleasaunt to see, he hath slayne: he hath powred out his wrath like a fire, into the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    He hath trodden His bow as an enemy, Stood hath His right hand as an adversary, And He slayeth all the desirable ones of the eye, In the tent of the daughter of Zion, He hath poured out as fire His fury.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ד(Dalet) He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 7:20 : 20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruits of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
  • Jer 21:5 : 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, a strong arm, in anger, in fury, and with great wrath.
  • Ezek 24:25 : 25 As for you, son of man, on the day I take from them their stronghold—their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and the longing of their souls, as well as their sons and daughters—
  • Isa 42:25 : 25 So He poured out on them His burning anger and the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, yet they did not take it to heart.
  • Lam 3:12-13 : 12 He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows. 13 He has pierced my inward parts with the arrows from His quiver.
  • Jer 30:14 : 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you. I have struck you as an enemy would, with cruel punishment, because of the greatness of your guilt and the many sins you have committed.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • Job 16:12-14 : 12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target. 13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.
  • 2 Chr 34:21 : 21 "Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah about the words of this scroll that has been found. For great is the LORD's wrath that is poured out on us because our ancestors did not obey the words of the LORD by following everything written in this scroll."
  • 2 Chr 34:25 : 25 Because they have abandoned Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.'
  • Isa 51:17-20 : 17 Wake yourself, wake yourself! Arise, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl of staggering. 18 There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne, and no one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised. 19 These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you? 20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like antelopes caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God.
  • Isa 63:6 : 6 I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath, I made them drunk and poured their lifeblood onto the ground.
  • Isa 63:10 : 10 Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
  • Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like a fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your wicked deeds.
  • Jer 36:7 : 7 Perhaps they will bring their plea before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way, for great are the anger and wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.
  • Lam 2:5 : 5 The Lord appeared like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed all her palaces, destroyed her strongholds, and filled the daughter of Judah with mourning and lamentation.
  • Lam 3:3 : 3 Surely against me He turns His hand again and again, all day long.
  • Lam 4:1 : 1 How the gold has grown dim, the fine gold has changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
  • Ezek 5:13 : 13 Then My anger will be fully spent, and I will satisfy My fury on them and be appeased. They will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.
  • Ezek 6:12 : 12 The one who is far away will die by the plague, the one who is near will fall by the sword, and those who survive and are besieged will die of famine. Then I will exhaust My wrath upon them.
  • Ezek 22:22 : 22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my wrath upon you.
  • Ezek 36:18 : 18 So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.
  • Nah 1:2 : 2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and reserves wrath for his enemies.
  • Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.
  • Jer 21:12 : 12 House of David, this is what the LORD says: Execute justice in the morning and rescue the one who is robbed from the hand of the oppressor, or my wrath will go out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of the evil of your deeds.

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  • Lam 2:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion in his anger with a cloud! He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth and has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

    2 The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. In his wrath, he has torn down the fortresses of the daughter of Judah, bringing them down to the ground. He has defiled her kingdom and its rulers.

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  • Lam 2:5-8
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    81%

    5 The Lord appeared like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed all her palaces, destroyed her strongholds, and filled the daughter of Judah with mourning and lamentation.

    6 He has violently done away with his dwelling, as if it were a garden, destroying his appointed meeting place. The LORD has caused Zion to forget its appointed times and Sabbaths. In his fierce anger, he has despised king and priest alike.

    7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces. They raised their voices in the house of the LORD as on a day of appointed festival.

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  • Lam 4:11
    79%

    11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath and poured out His fierce anger; He kindled a fire in Zion, consuming its foundations.

  • Lam 2:17
    77%

    17 The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word that he decreed long ago. He has overthrown without pity; he has let the enemy gloat over you and exalt the horn of your adversaries.

  • Lam 3:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

    12 He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

    13 He has pierced my inward parts with the arrows from His quiver.

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    74%

    2 For the Lord is angry with all nations, and His wrath is against all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them, He has handed them over to slaughter.

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    74%

    25 Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against His people. He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. The mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, His anger has not turned away; His hand is still stretched out.

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    73%

    13 If a person does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

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    73%

    23 They grasp bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, arrayed as men for battle against you, Daughter Zion.'

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  • Job 16:13
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    13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

  • Lam 2:21-22
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    73%

    21 Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.

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  • Isa 42:25
    73%

    25 So He poured out on them His burning anger and the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, yet they did not take it to heart.

  • Jer 25:37-38
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    73%

    37 The peaceful pastures will be silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.

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    7 Has the LORD struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been killed as their slayers were killed?

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    13 From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

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    72%

    3 I will strike your bow out of your left hand and cause your arrows to fall from your right hand.

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    72%

    7 Break their teeth in their mouths, O God! LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions.

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    72%

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  • Ps 55:20
    72%

    20 God will hear and humble them—He who is enthroned from of old—Selah. They do not change and do not fear God.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 See how the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

  • Isa 10:4
    72%

    4 There will be nothing left but to bow down among prisoners or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, His anger has not turned away, and His hand is still stretched out.

  • Jer 44:6
    72%

    6 So my fury and my anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, making them a desolate ruin, as they are today.

  • Ps 37:14
    72%

    14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • Jer 10:25
    71%

    25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him, destroyed him, and ruined his homeland.

  • Deut 32:23
    71%

    23 I will heap calamities on them and expend My arrows against them.

  • Nah 2:2
    71%

    2 The scatterer has come against your face. Guard the fortress, watch the road, strengthen your loins, muster all your strength!

  • Mic 4:11
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    11 But now many nations are gathered against you, saying, 'Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gloat over Zion.'

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Jer 22:7
    71%

    7 I will send destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choice cedars and throw them into the fire.

  • Ezek 9:7
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  • Isa 10:32
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  • Isa 64:11
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  • 2 Chr 29:8
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  • Ps 129:4
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  • Ps 120:4
    71%

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  • Ps 21:9
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    9 Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.