Lamentations

Lamentations 2:20–22

20Look, O LORD, and consider:

Whom have You ever treated like this?

Should women eat their offspring,

the infants they have nurtured?

Should priests and prophets be killed

in the sanctuary of the Lord?

21Both young and old lie together

in the dust of the streets.

My young men and maidens

have fallen by the sword.

You have slain them in the day of Your anger;

You have slaughtered them without compassion.

22You summoned my terrors on every side,

as for the day of an appointed feast.

In the day of the LORD’s anger

no one escaped or survived;

my enemy has destroyed

those I nurtured and reared.

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Lamentations 2:20

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Lookרְאֵ֤הrə·’êhVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH7200 see
O LORDיְהוָה֙Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
and considerוְֽהַבִּ֔יטָהwə·hab·bî·ṭāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singularH5027 look
Whomלְמִ֖יlə·mîPreposition-l; InterrogativeH4310 who?
have Youעוֹלַ֣לְתָּ‘ō·w·lal·tāVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularH5953 act severely
like thisכֹּ֑הkōhAdverbH3541 thus, here
Shouldאִם־’im-ConjunctionH518 if
womenנָשִׁ֤יםnā·šîmNoun - feminine pluralH802 woman, wife, female
eatתֹּאכַ֨לְנָהtō·ḵal·nāhVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine pluralH398 eat
their offspringפִּרְיָם֙pir·yāmNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH6529 fruit
the infantsעֹלֲלֵ֣י‘ō·lă·lêNoun - masculine plural constructH5768 child
they have nurturedטִפֻּחִ֔יםṭip·pu·ḥîmNoun - masculine pluralH2949 nursing
Should priestsכֹּהֵ֥ןkō·hênNoun - masculine singularH3548 priest
and prophetsוְנָבִֽיא׃סwə·nā·ḇîConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
be killedיֵהָרֵ֛גyê·hā·rêḡVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH2026 kill, slay
in the sanctuaryבְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁbə·miq·dašPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH4720 sacred place, sanctuary
of the Lordאֲדֹנָ֖י’ă·ḏō·nāyNoun - proper - masculine singularH136 lord

Lamentations 2:21

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Both youngנַ֣עַרna·‘arNoun - masculine singularH5288 a shaking, scattering
and oldוְזָקֵ֔ןwə·zā·qênConjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singularH2205 old
lie togetherשָׁכְב֨וּšā·ḵə·ḇūVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH7901 lie down
in the dustלָאָ֤רֶץlā·’ā·reṣPreposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land
of the streetsחוּצוֹת֙ḥū·ṣō·wṯNoun - masculine pluralH2351 the outside
My young menוּבַחוּרַ֖יū·ḇa·ḥū·rayConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH970 young man
and maidensבְּתוּלֹתַ֥יbə·ṯū·lō·ṯayNoun - feminine plural construct; first person common singularH1330 virgin
have fallenנָפְל֣וּnā·p̄ə·lūVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH5307 fall, lie
by the swordבֶחָ֑רֶבḇe·ḥā·reḇPreposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singularH2719 sword
You have slainהָרַ֙גְתָּ֙hā·raḡ·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH2026 kill, slay
in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbə·yō·wmPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH3117 day
of Your angerאַפֶּ֔ךָ’ap·pe·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH639 nostril, nose, face, anger
You have slaughteredטָבַ֖חְתָּṭā·ḇaḥ·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH2873 slaughter, butcher, slay
withoutלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
compassionחָמָֽלְתָּ׃סḥā·mā·lə·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH2550 spare

Lamentations 2:22

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You summonedתִּקְרָא֩tiq·rāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
my terrorsמְגוּרַי֙mə·ḡū·rayNoun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH4032 fear, terror
on every sideמִסָּבִ֔יבmis·sā·ḇîḇPreposition-m; AdverbH5439 circuit, round about
as for the dayכְי֨וֹםḵə·yō·wmPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH3117 day
of an appointed feastמוֹעֵ֤דmō·w·‘êḏNoun - masculine singularH4150 appointed time, place, meeting
In the dayבְּי֥וֹםbə·yō·wmPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH3117 day
of the LORD’sיְהוָ֖הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
angerאַף־’ap̄-Noun - masculine singular constructH639 nostril, nose, face, anger
noוְלֹ֥אwə·lōConjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
one escapedפָּלִ֣יטpā·lîṭNoun - masculine singularH6412 escaped one, fugitive
or survivedוְשָׂרִ֑ידwə·śā·rîḏConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH8300 survivor
my enemyאֹיְבִ֥י’ō·yə·ḇîVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH341 be hostile to
has destroyedכִלָּֽם׃פḵil·lāmVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine pluralH3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
thoseאֲשֶׁר־’ă·šer-Pronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
I nurturedטִפַּ֥חְתִּיṭip·paḥ·tîVerb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularH2946 extend, spread
and rearedוְרִבִּ֖יתִיwə·rib·bî·ṯîConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularH7235 be, or become, much, many, great

Cross-references

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

Lamentations 2:20 Lamentations 4:10 · Jeremiah 19:9 · Psalm 78:64 · Exodus 32:11 · Deuteronomy 9:26 · Lamentations 4:13

Lamentations 2:21 Zechariah 11:6 · 2 Chronicles 36:17 · Jeremiah 13:14 · Lamentations 3:43 · Jeremiah 18:21 · Lamentations 2:17 · Lamentations 1:15 · Lamentations 2:2

Lamentations 2:22 Psalm 31:13 · Jeremiah 6:25 · Isaiah 24:17–18 · Jeremiah 20:3 · Jeremiah 16:2–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.