Verse 13

Lamentations 2:13

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13 What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal 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 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... 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, 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...

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 ↗

Verse Information

Book: Lamentations
Chapter: Chapter 2 (22 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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