Lamentations

Lamentations 2:1

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.

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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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

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

Cross-references

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

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.