Verse 3

Lamentations 2:3

American Standard Version

3 He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Original Language Text
hebrew
גָּדַ֣ע בָּֽ/חֳרִי אַ֗ף כֹּ֚ל קֶ֣רֶן יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֵשִׁ֥יב אָח֛וֹר יְמִינ֖/וֹ מִ/פְּנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב וַ/יִּבְעַ֤ר בְּ/יַעֲקֹב֙ כְּ/אֵ֣שׁ לֶֽהָבָ֔ה אָכְלָ֖ה סָבִֽיב
English Translation
He cut off in his anger every horn of Israel; he turned back his right hand from before the enemy and burned in Jacob like a fire of flame that consumed round about.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He hath cast down fr... Focus ↗
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown d... Focus ↗
3 He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from befor...
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hat... Focus ↗
5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her pala... Focus ↗
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed... Focus ↗
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary; He hath given up into the ha... Focus ↗
8 Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the l... Focus ↗
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her pr... Focus ↗
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up d... Focus ↗
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of th... Focus ↗
12 They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of... Focus ↗
13 What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shal... Focus ↗
14 Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquit... Focus ↗
15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem... Focus ↗
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; th... Focus ↗
17 Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the... Focus ↗
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river... Focus ↗
19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water be... Focus ↗
20 See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the childre... Focus ↗
21 The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fa... Focus ↗
22 Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; And there was... Focus ↗