Lamentations

Lamentations 2:7

⁷The Lord has rejected His altar;

He has abandoned His sanctuary;

He has delivered the walls of her palaces

into the hand of the enemy.

They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD

as on the day of an appointed feast.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The Lord	אֲדֹנָ֤י׀	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
has rejected	זָנַ֨ח	zā·naḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2186 reject, spurn
His altar	מִזְבְּחוֹ֙	miz·bə·ḥōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4196 altar
He has abandoned	נִאֵ֣ר	ni·’êr	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5010 abhor, spurn
His sanctuary	מִקְדָּשׁ֔וֹ	miq·dā·šōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4720 sacred place, sanctuary
He has delivered	הִסְגִּיר֙	his·gîr	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5462 shut, close
the walls	חוֹמֹ֖ת	ḥō·w·mōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H2346 wall
of her palaces	אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ	’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H759 citadel
into the hand	בְּיַד־	bə·yaḏ-	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of the enemy	אוֹיֵ֔ב	’ō·w·yêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
They have raised	נָתְנ֥וּ	nā·ṯə·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5414 give, put, set
a shout	ק֛וֹל	qō·wl	Noun - masculine singular	H6963 sound, voice
in the house	בְּבֵית־	bə·ḇêṯ-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
as on the day	כְּי֥וֹם	kə·yō·wm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of an appointed feast	מוֹעֵֽד׃ס	mō·w·‘êḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H4150 appointed time, place, meeting

Cross-references

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

Amos 2:5 · Psalm 74:3–8 · Ezekiel 24:21 · Ezekiel 7:20–22 · Jeremiah 52:13 · Psalm 78:59–61

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.