He has bent His (A)bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary
And slain all that were (B)pleasant to the eye;
In the tent of the daughter of Zion
He has (C)poured out His wrath like fire.
The Lord has become like an (D)enemy.
He has (E)swallowed up Israel;
He has swallowed up all its (F)palaces,
He has destroyed its strongholds
And (G)multiplied in the daughter of Judah
Mourning and moaning.
And He has violently treated His [a]tabernacle like a garden booth;
He has (H)destroyed His appointed [b]meeting place.
The Lord has (I)caused to be forgotten
The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion,
And He has (J)despised king and priest
In the indignation of His anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:6 Lit booth
  2. Lamentations 2:6 Or feast