Lamentations 2:8

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    ^(B)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
^(C)he stretched out the measuring line;
    he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^(D)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    ^(E)they languished together.

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Lamentations 2:8

King James Version

⁸The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

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Lamentations 2:8

New American Standard Bible

⁸The Lord determined to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has ^(A)stretched out a line,
He has not restrained His hand from ^[a]destroying,
And He has ^(B)caused rampart and wall to mourn;
They have languished together.

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Lamentations 2:8 Lit engulfing

Lamentations 2:8

New International Version

⁸The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.^(A)
He stretched out a measuring line^(B)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts^(C) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.^(D)

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Lamentations 2:8

New King James Version

⁸The Lord has ^[a]purposed to destroy
The ^(A)wall of the daughter of Zion.
^(B)He has stretched out a line;
He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;
Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament;
They languished together.