Lamentations

Lamentations 2:21

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.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Both young	נַ֣עַר	na·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
and old	וְזָקֵ֔ן	wə·zā·qên	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H2205 old
lie together	שָׁכְב֨וּ	šā·ḵə·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7901 lie down
in the dust	לָאָ֤רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
of the streets	חוּצוֹת֙	ḥū·ṣō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2351 the outside
My young men	וּבַחוּרַ֖י	ū·ḇa·ḥū·ray	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H970 young man
and maidens	בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י	bə·ṯū·lō·ṯay	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H1330 virgin
have fallen	נָפְל֣וּ	nā·p̄ə·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5307 fall, lie
by the sword	בֶחָ֑רֶב	ḇe·ḥā·reḇ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
You have slain	הָרַ֙גְתָּ֙	hā·raḡ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2026 kill, slay
in the day	בְּי֣וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of Your anger	אַפֶּ֔ךָ	’ap·pe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
You have slaughtered	טָבַ֖חְתָּ	ṭā·ḇaḥ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2873 slaughter, butcher, slay
without	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
compassion	חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ס	ḥā·mā·lə·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2550 spare

Cross-references

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

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.