Verse 13

Lamentations 2:13

Young's Literal Translation

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13 What do I testify [to] thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea [is] thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?

Original Language Text

hebrew

מָֽה אֲעִידֵ֞/ךְ מָ֣ה אֲדַמֶּה לָּ֗/ךְ הַ/בַּת֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מָ֤ה אַשְׁוֶה לָּ/ךְ֙ וַ/אֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔/ךְ בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת צִיּ֑וֹן כִּֽי גָד֥וֹל כַּ/יָּ֛ם שִׁבְרֵ֖/ךְ מִ֥י יִרְפָּא לָֽ/ךְ

English Translation

What should I testify to you? What should I compare you to, O daughter of Jerusalem? What should I liken you to, and comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea; who can heal you?

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Chapter 2 Context

1 How doth the Lord cloud in His anger the daughter of Zion, He hath cast from heaven [to] earth the b... Focus ↗

2 Swallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken d... Focus ↗

3 He hath cut off in the heat of anger every horn of Israel, He hath turned backward His right hand Fr... Focus ↗

4 He hath trodden His bow as an enemy, Stood hath His right hand as an adversary, And He slayeth all t... Focus ↗

5 The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, H... Focus ↗

6 And He shaketh as a garden His tabernacle, He hath destroyed His appointed place, Jehovah hath forgo... Focus ↗

7 The Lord hath cast off His altar, He hath rejected His sanctuary, He hath shut up into the hand of t... Focus ↗

8 Devised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He h... Focus ↗

9 Sunk into the earth have her gates, He hath destroyed and broken her bars, Her king and her princes... Focus ↗

10 Sit on the earth -- keep silent do the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have caused dust to go u... Focus ↗

11 Consumed by tears have been my eyes, Troubled have been my bowels, Poured out to the earth hath been... Focus ↗

12 To their mothers they say, 'Where [are] corn and wine?' In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In... Focus ↗

13 What do I testify [to] thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to th...

14 Thy prophets have seen for thee a false and insipid thing, And have not revealed concerning thine in... Focus ↗

15 Clapped hands at thee have all passing by the way, They have hissed -- and they shake the head At th... Focus ↗

16 Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth,... Focus ↗

17 Jehovah hath done that which He devised, He hath fulfilled His saying That He commanded from the day... Focus ↗

18 Cried hath their heart unto the Lord; O wall of the daughter of Zion, Cause to go down as a stream t... Focus ↗

19 Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over ag... Focus ↗

20 See, O Jehovah, and look attentively, To whom Thou hast acted thus, Do women eat their fruit, infant... Focus ↗

21 Lain on the earth [in] out-places have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the... Focus ↗

22 Thou dost call as [at] a day of appointment, My fears from round about, And there hath not been in t... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Lamentations
Chapter: Chapter 2 (22 verses)
Version: Young's Literal Translation

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