Verse 4

Lamentations 2:4

New King James Version

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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
דָּרַ֨ךְ קַשְׁתּ֜/וֹ כְּ/אוֹיֵ֗ב נִצָּ֤ב יְמִינ/וֹ֙ כְּ/צָ֔ר וַֽ/יַּהֲרֹ֔ג כֹּ֖ל מַחֲמַדֵּי עָ֑יִן בְּ/אֹ֨הֶל֙ בַּת צִיּ֔וֹן שָׁפַ֥ךְ כָּ/אֵ֖שׁ חֲמָתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
He drew his bow like an enemy, standing at his right hand like a foe; he killed all the desirable things in the tent of Zion; he poured out his fury like fire.
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, and cast down from heaven... Focus ↗
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in... Focus ↗
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from b... Focus ↗
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that...
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath... Focus ↗
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his p... Focus ↗
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of... Focus ↗
8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he... Focus ↗
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes... Focus ↗
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust up... Focus ↗
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the des... Focus ↗
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets o... Focus ↗
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusal... Focus ↗
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity... 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 against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We... Focus ↗
17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in th... Focus ↗
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day... Focus ↗
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before... Focus ↗
20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and child... Focus ↗
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by th... Focus ↗
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’S anger n... Focus ↗