Verse 8

Lamentations 2:8

American Standard Version Byzantine Text

8 Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
Original Language Text
hebrew
חָשַׁ֨ב יְהוָ֤ה לְ/הַשְׁחִית֙ חוֹמַ֣ת בַּת צִיּ֔וֹן נָ֣טָה קָ֔ו לֹא הֵשִׁ֥יב יָד֖/וֹ מִ/בַּלֵּ֑עַ וַ/יַּֽאֲבֶל חֵ֥ל וְ/חוֹמָ֖ה יַחְדָּ֥ו אֻמְלָֽלוּ
English Translation
The Lord thought to destroy the wall of Daughter Zion; He stretched out a line; He did not withdraw His hand from destroying, and the fence and the wall together were mourned.
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 from hea... 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 fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from befor... Focus ↗
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slai... Focus ↗
5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, h... Focus ↗
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his pl... Focus ↗
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary; He hath given up into the hand of... Focus ↗
8 Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, h...
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, they keep silence; They have cast up dust up... 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 shall I co... 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; they say... Focus ↗
17 Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days o... 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, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before t... 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 fallen b... Focus ↗
22 Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; And there was none t... Focus ↗