主毫不留情地毁灭雅各一切的住处,
祂在烈怒中夷平犹大的堡垒,
让以色列及其首领蒙羞。

祂发烈怒毁灭以色列全军。
敌人袭来时,祂收回大能的手。
祂像烈焰一样吞噬雅各。

祂抬起右手张弓搭箭,
宛若仇敌,
杀戮一切悦人眼目的人,
将祂的怒火撒向锡安城的帐篷。

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Without pity(A) the Lord has swallowed(B) up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds(C) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground(D) in dishonor.

In fierce anger he has cut off
    every horn[a][b](E) of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand(F)
    at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
    that consumes everything around it.(G)

Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(H)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;(I)
he has poured out his wrath(J) like fire(K)
    on the tent(L) of Daughter Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
  2. Lamentations 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.

The Lord has destroyed without mercy
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
    the strongholds of daughter Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
    the kingdom and its rulers.

He has cut down in fierce anger
    all the might of Israel;
he has withdrawn his right hand from them
    in the face of the enemy;
he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,
    consuming all around.

He has bent his bow like an enemy,
    with his right hand set like a foe;
he has killed all in whom we took pride
    in the tent of daughter Zion;
he has poured out his fury like fire.

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The Lord has swallowed up and has (A)not pitied
All the dwelling places of Jacob.
He has thrown down in His wrath
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
(B)He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

He has cut off in fierce anger
Every [a]horn of Israel;
(C)He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
(D)He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
Devouring all around.

(E)Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;
With His right hand, like an adversary,
He has slain (F)all who were pleasing to His eye;
On the tent of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:3 Strength