Lamentations

Lamentations 2:1–2

¹How^a the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion

with the cloud of His anger!

He has cast the glory of Israel

from heaven to earth.

He has abandoned His footstool

in the day of His anger.

²Without pity the Lord has swallowed up

all the dwellings of Jacob.

In His wrath He has demolished

the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah.

He brought to the ground and defiled

her kingdom and its princes.

Footnotes

a 2:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

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Lamentations 2:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How	אֵיכָה֩	’ê·ḵāh	Interjection	H349 How?
the Lord	אֲדֹנָי֙	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
has covered	יָעִ֨יב	yā·‘îḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5743 becloud
the Daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of Zion	צִיּ֔וֹן	ṣî·yō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
with the cloud of His anger	בְּאַפּ֤וֹ׀	bə·’ap·pōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
He has cast	הִשְׁלִ֤יךְ	hiš·lîḵ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7993 throw, fling, cast
the glory	תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת	tip̄·’e·reṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8597 beauty, glory
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
from heaven	מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙	miš·šā·ma·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
to earth	אֶ֔רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
He has abandoned	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
His footstool	הֲדֹם־	hă·ḏōm-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1916 stool, footstool
in the day	בְּי֥וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of His anger	אַפּֽוֹ׃ס	’ap·pōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger

Lamentations 2:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Without	לֹא	lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
pity	חָמַ֗ל	ḥā·mal	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2550 spare
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֜י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
has swallowed up	בִּלַּ֨ע	bil·la‘	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the dwellings	נְא֣וֹת	nə·’ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H5116 abode of shepherd, or flocks
of Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
In His wrath	בְּעֶבְרָת֛וֹ	bə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5678 overflow, arrogance, fury
He has demolished	הָרַ֧ס	hā·ras	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2040 throw down, break or tear down
the fortified cities	מִבְצְרֵ֥י	miḇ·ṣə·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4013 fortification
of the Daughter	בַת־	ḇaṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֖ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
He brought	הִגִּ֣יעַ	hig·gî·a‘	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
to the ground	לָאָ֑רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and defiled	חִלֵּ֥ל	ḥil·lêl	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2490 bore, pierce
her kingdom	מַמְלָכָ֖ה	mam·lā·ḵāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4467 kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign
and its princes	וְשָׂרֶֽיהָ׃ס	wə·śā·re·hā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 2:1 Psalm 132:7 · 1 Chronicles 28:2 · Revelation 12:7–9 · Ezekiel 28:14–16 · Lamentations 3:43–44 · Luke 10:18 · Matthew 11:23 · Psalm 99:5 · Joel 2:2 · Ezekiel 30:18 · Isaiah 14:12–15

Lamentations 2:2 Lamentations 2:17 · Lamentations 3:43 · Psalm 89:39–40 · Isaiah 43:28 · Isaiah 25:12 · Psalm 21:9 · Micah 5:11–12 · Lamentations 2:21 · 2 Corinthians 10:4 · Isaiah 26:5 · Lamentations 2:5 · Ezekiel 9:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.