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Lamentations 2
Segond 21
Lamentations 2
Segond 21
Le jugement de Jérusalem
2 Comment! A cause de sa colère, le Seigneur maintient de sombres nuages sur la fille de Sion!
Il a précipité du ciel sur la terre la fierté d'Israël!
Il ne s'est pas souvenu de son marchepied[a],
le jour de sa colère!
2 Le Seigneur a englouti sans pitié tous les domaines de Jacob.
Dans sa fureur, il a démoli les forteresses de la fille de Juda,
il les a précipitées par terre.
Il a profané le royaume et ses chefs.
3 Dans son ardente colère, il a abattu toute la force d'Israël.
Il a retiré sa main droite en présence de l'ennemi.
Il a allumé en Jacob comme un feu dont les flammes dévorent tout ce qui l’entoure.
4 Il a tendu son arc comme un ennemi,
sa main droite s'est dressée comme celle d'un assaillant.
Il a fait disparaître tout ce qui plaisait aux regards,
il a déversé sa fureur comme un feu sur la tente de la fille de Sion.
5 Le Seigneur a été comme un ennemi:
il a englouti Israël, il a englouti tous ses palais,
il a détruit ses forteresses.
Il a rempli la fille de Juda de plaintes et de gémissements.
6 Il est passé en force, comme on force la clôture d’un jardin,
il a détruit son lieu de rencontre.
L'Eternel a fait oublier dans Sion les fêtes et les sabbats
et, dans sa violente colère, il a rejeté le roi et le prêtre.
7 Le Seigneur a repoussé son autel, détesté son sanctuaire.
Il a livré entre les mains de l'ennemi les murs des palais de Sion.
Des cris ont retenti dans la maison de l'Eternel,
comme un jour de fête.
8 L'Eternel avait projeté de détruire les murs de la fille de Sion.
Il a étendu le ruban à mesurer, il n'a pas retiré sa main pour l’empêcher de tout engloutir.
Il a plongé dans le deuil remparts et murailles:
ensemble ils dépérissent.
9 Ses portes se sont enfoncées dans la terre,
il a démoli et brisé ses verrous.
Son roi et ses chefs sont dispersés parmi les nations.
Il n'y a plus de loi. Même ses prophètes ne reçoivent plus aucune vision de l'Eternel.
10 Les anciens[b] de la fille de Sion sont assis par terre, ils restent silencieux;
ils ont couvert leur tête de poussière, ils se sont habillés de sacs[c].
Les jeunes filles de Jérusalem baissent la tête vers la terre.
11 Mes yeux s’épuisent dans les larmes, je suis profondément tourmenté,
ma bile se déverse par terre
à cause du désastre qui frappe la fille de mon peuple.
Des enfants et des nourrissons tombaient en défaillance sur les places de la ville.
12 Ils disaient à leur mère:
«Où y a-t-il du blé et du vin?»
tandis qu’ils tombaient en défaillance comme des blessés dans les rues de la ville,
qu’ils rendaient l'âme sur la poitrine de leur mère.
13 Que dois-je te dire? A quoi te comparer, fille de Jérusalem?
Quel exemple te donner pour te consoler,
vierge, fille de Sion?
En effet, ton désastre est aussi grand que la mer. Qui pourra te guérir?
14 Tes prophètes ont eu pour toi des visions sans valeur ni saveur;
ils n'ont pas dévoilé ta faute
afin de changer ton sort.
Ils t'ont communiqué des messages mensongers et trompeurs.
15 Tous les passants applaudissent en te voyant.
Ils sifflent, ils secouent leur tête au sujet de la fille de Jérusalem:
«Est-ce bien la ville que l’on présentait comme une beauté parfaite,
la joie de toute la terre?»
16 Tous tes ennemis ouvrent la bouche contre toi,
ils sifflent, ils grincent des dents.
Ils disent: «Nous l'avons engloutie!
C'est bien le jour que nous attendions. Nous l'avons atteint, nous le voyons!»
17 L'Eternel a mis en œuvre ce qu'il avait décidé.
Il a accompli sa parole, celle qu'il avait depuis longtemps ordonnée.
Il a démoli sans pitié,
il a fait de toi la joie de l'ennemi,
il a relevé la force de tes adversaires.
18 Le cœur des vaincus crie vers le Seigneur.
Muraille de la fille de Sion, laisse couler tes larmes jour et nuit, comme un torrent!
Ne te donne aucun répit
et que ton œil n'ait pas de repos!
19 Lève-toi, crie ta détresse dans la nuit, au début de tes insomnies!
Déverse ton cœur comme de l'eau devant le Seigneur!
Lève tes mains vers lui pour la vie de tes enfants
qui meurent de faim à tous les coins de rue!
20 «Vois, Eternel! Regarde qui tu as traité de cette manière!
Fallait-il que des femmes dévorent ceux qu’elles ont mis au monde,
les petits enfants dont elles ont pris soin avec tendresse?
Fallait-il que prêtres et prophètes soient massacrés dans le sanctuaire du Seigneur?
21 Les enfants et les vieillards sont couchés par terre dans les rues,
mes jeunes filles et mes jeunes hommes sont tombés sous les coups d'épée.
Tu les as tués, le jour de ta colère,
tu les as massacrés sans pitié.
22 Tu convoques comme pour un jour de fête ceux qui me terrorisent de tous côtés.
Le jour de la colère de l’Eternel, il n'y a eu ni rescapé ni survivant.
Ceux dont j’avais pris soin avec tendresse et que j’avais élevés,
mon ennemi les a exterminés.»
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:1 Son marchepied: allusion à l’arche de l’alliance et au temple, symboles de la présence de Dieu situés à Jérusalem.
- Lamentations 2:10 Les anciens: personnes jouant un rôle de responsables et de conseillers du peuple.
- Lamentations 2:10 Couvert… sacs: signes d’humiliation et de deuil.
Lamentations 2
GOD’S WORD Translation
Lamentations 2
GOD’S WORD Translation
The Prophet Speaks Out: the Lord Destroyed Zion
2 [a]“Look how the Lord has covered the people of Zion
with the cloud of his anger!
He has thrown down Israel’s beauty from heaven to earth.
He didn’t ⌞even⌟ remember his footstool on the day of his anger.
2 The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity.
He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury.
He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders
down to the ground in dishonor.
3 In his burning anger he cut off all of Israel’s strength.
He withdrew his right hand when they faced their enemy.
He burned like a raging fire in ⌞the land of⌟ Jacob,
destroying everything around him.
4 Like an enemy he bent his bow.
Like an opponent his right hand held the arrow steady.
He killed all the beautiful people.
He poured out his fury like fire on the tent of Zion’s people.
5 The Lord became an enemy.
He swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all of its palaces.
He destroyed its strongholds.
He made the people of Judah mourn and moan.
6 He stripped his own booth as if it were a garden
and destroyed his own festivals.
The Lord wiped out the memory of festivals and days of rest—holy days—in Zion.
He expelled kings and priests because of his fierce anger.
7 The Lord rejected his altar and disowned his holy place.
He handed the walls of Zion’s palaces over to its enemies.
The enemies made noise in the Lord’s temple
as though it were a festival day.
8 The Lord planned to destroy the wall of Zion’s people.
He marked it off with a line.
He didn’t take his hand away until he had swallowed it up.
He made the towers and walls mourn.
They are completely dejected.
The Prophet Describes Jerusalem’s Destruction
9 “⌞Zion’s⌟ gates have sunk into the ground.
⌞The Lord⌟ destroyed and shattered the bars across its ⌞gates⌟.
Its king and influential people are ⌞scattered⌟ among the nations.
There is no longer any instruction ⌞from Moses’ Teachings⌟.
Its prophets can find no visions from the Lord.
10 The respected leaders of Zion’s people sit silently on the ground.
They throw dirt on their heads and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.
11 My eyes are worn out with tears.
My stomach is churning.
My heart is poured out on the ground
because of the destruction of my people.
Little children and infants faint in the city streets.
12 They’re asking their mothers for some bread and wine
as they faint like wounded people in the city streets.
Their lives dwindle away in their mothers’ arms.
The Prophet Speaks Out: the Lord Destroyed You
13 “What example can I give you?
What parallel can I show you, people of Jerusalem?
What comparison can I make that will comfort you, beloved people of Zion?
Your wounds are as deep as the sea.
Who can heal you?
14 Your prophets saw misleading visions about you.
They painted a good picture of you.
They didn’t expose your guilt in order to make things better again.
They gave you false prophecies that misled you.
15 Everyone who walks along the road shakes a fist at you.
They hiss and shake their heads at Jerusalem’s people:
‘Is this the city they used to call absolutely beautiful,
the joy of the whole world?’
16 All your enemies gawk at you.
They hiss and grit their teeth.
They say, ‘We’ve swallowed it up.
Yes, this is the day we’ve been waiting for.
At last we have seen it!’
17 The Lord has accomplished what he had planned to do.
He carried out the threat he announced long ago.
He tore you down without any pity, ⌞Jerusalem⌟.
He made your enemies gloat over you.
He raised the weapons of your opponents.
18 The hearts of Jerusalem’s people
cried out to the Lord, the wall of Zion’s people.
Let your tears run down like a river day and night.
Don’t let them stop.
Don’t let your eyes rest.
19 Get up! Cry out at night, every hour on the hour.
Pour your heart out like water in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him ⌞in prayer⌟
for the life of your little children
who faint from hunger at every street corner.”
Zion Speaks Out: the Lord Destroyed Me
20 “O Lord, look and consider:
Have you ever treated anyone like this?
Should women eat their own children,
the children they have nursed?
Should priests and prophets be killed in the Lord’s holy place?
21 Young and old lie on the ground in the streets.
My young women and men are cut down by swords.
You killed them on the day of your anger.
You slaughtered them without any pity.
22 You have invited those who terrorize me on every side,
as though they were invited to a festival.
No one escaped or survived on the day of the Lord’s anger.
My enemy has murdered the children I nursed and raised.”
Footnotes
- 2:1 Chapter 2 is a poem in Hebrew alphabetical order.
Lamentations 2
New International Version
Lamentations 2
New International Version
2 [a]How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion
with the cloud of his anger[b]!(A)
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel
from heaven to earth;
he has not remembered his footstool(B)
in the day of his anger.(C)
2 Without pity(D) the Lord has swallowed(E) up
all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
the strongholds(F) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
down to the ground(G) in dishonor.
3 In fierce anger he has cut off
every horn[c][d](H) of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand(I)
at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything around it.(J)
4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(K)
his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
all who were pleasing to the eye;(L)
he has poured out his wrath(M) like fire(N)
on the tent(O) of Daughter Zion.
5 The Lord is like an enemy;(P)
he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
and destroyed her strongholds.(Q)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation(R)
for Daughter Judah.(S)
6 He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
he has destroyed(T) his place of meeting.(U)
The Lord has made Zion forget
her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(V)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
both king and priest.(W)
7 The Lord has rejected his altar
and abandoned his sanctuary.(X)
He has given the walls of her palaces(Y)
into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
as on the day of an appointed festival.(Z)
8 The Lord determined to tear down
the wall around Daughter Zion.(AA)
He stretched out a measuring line(AB)
and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(AC) and walls lament;
together they wasted away.(AD)
9 Her gates(AE) have sunk into the ground;
their bars(AF) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(AG) among the nations,
the law(AH) is no more,
and her prophets(AI) no longer find
visions(AJ) from the Lord.
10 The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;(AK)
they have sprinkled dust(AL) on their heads(AM)
and put on sackcloth.(AN)
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.(AO)
11 My eyes fail from weeping,(AP)
I am in torment within(AQ);
my heart(AR) is poured out(AS) on the ground
because my people are destroyed,(AT)
because children and infants faint(AU)
in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
“Where is bread and wine?”(AV)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away(AW)
in their mothers’ arms.(AX)
13 What can I say for you?(AY)
With what can I compare you,
Daughter(AZ) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
that I may comfort you,
Virgin Daughter Zion?(BA)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.(BB)
Who can heal you?
14 The visions of your prophets
were false(BC) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
to ward off your captivity.(BD)
The prophecies they gave you
were false and misleading.(BE)
15 All who pass your way
clap their hands at you;(BF)
they scoff(BG) and shake their heads(BH)
at Daughter Jerusalem:(BI)
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,(BJ)
the joy of the whole earth?”(BK)
16 All your enemies open their mouths
wide against you;(BL)
they scoff and gnash their teeth(BM)
and say, “We have swallowed her up.(BN)
This is the day we have waited for;
we have lived to see it.”(BO)
17 The Lord has done what he planned;
he has fulfilled(BP) his word,
which he decreed long ago.(BQ)
He has overthrown you without pity,(BR)
he has let the enemy gloat over you,(BS)
he has exalted the horn[e] of your foes.(BT)
18 The hearts of the people
cry out to the Lord.(BU)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(BV)
let your tears(BW) flow like a river
day and night;(BX)
give yourself no relief,
your eyes no rest.(BY)
19 Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(BZ) like water
in the presence of the Lord.(CA)
Lift up your hands(CB) to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint(CC) from hunger
at every street corner.
20 “Look, Lord, and consider:
Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,(CD)
the children they have cared for?(CE)
Should priest and prophet be killed(CF)
in the sanctuary of the Lord?(CG)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Lamentations 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt
- Lamentations 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
- Lamentations 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.
Lamentations 2
King James Version
Lamentations 2
King James Version
2 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 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.
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 The 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.
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and 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.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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