Lamentations

Lamentations 2:8–9

⁸The LORD determined to destroy

the wall of the Daughter of Zion.

He stretched out a measuring line

and did not withdraw His hand from destroying.

He made the ramparts and walls lament;

together they waste away.

⁹Her gates have sunk into the ground;

He has destroyed and shattered their bars.

Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations,

the law is no more,

and even her prophets

find no vision from the LORD.

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Lamentations 2:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The LORD	יְהוָ֤ה׀	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
determined	חָשַׁ֨ב	ḥā·šaḇ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2803 think, account
to destroy	לְהַשְׁחִית֙	lə·haš·ḥîṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7843 go to ruin (?)
the wall	חוֹמַ֣ת	ḥō·w·maṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2346 wall
of the Daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of Zion	צִיּ֔וֹן	ṣî·yō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
He stretched out	נָ֣טָה	nā·ṭāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
a measuring line	קָ֔ו	qāw	Noun - masculine singular	H6957 line
and did not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
withdraw	הֵשִׁ֥יב	hê·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
His hand	יָד֖וֹ	yā·ḏōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand
from destroying	מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ	mib·bal·lê·a‘	Preposition-m; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf
He made the ramparts	חֵ֥ל	ḥêl	Noun - masculine singular	H2426 rampart, fortress
and walls	וְחוֹמָ֖ה	wə·ḥō·w·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H2346 wall
lament	וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־	way·ya·’ă·ḇel-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H56 mourn
together	יַחְדָּ֥ו	yaḥ·dāw	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
they waste away	אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃ס	’um·lā·lū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H535 be weak, languish

Lamentations 2:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Her gates	שְׁעָרֶ֔יהָ	šə·‘ā·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H8179 gate
have sunk	טָבְע֤וּ	ṭā·ḇə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2883 sink, sink down
into the ground	בָאָ֙רֶץ֙	ḇā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
He has destroyed	אִבַּ֥ד	’ib·baḏ	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6 perish
and shattered	וְשִׁבַּ֖ר	wə·šib·bar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
their bars	בְּרִיחֶ֑יהָ	bə·rî·ḥe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1280 bar
Her king	מַלְכָּ֨הּ	mal·kāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H4428 king
and her princes	וְשָׂרֶ֤יהָ	wə·śā·re·hā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
are	בַגּוֹיִם֙	ḇag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
the law	תּוֹרָ֔ה	tō·w·rāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
is no more	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
and even	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
her prophets	נְבִיאֶ֕יהָ	nə·ḇî·’e·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
find	מָצְא֥וּ	mā·ṣə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4672 attain to, find
no	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
vision	חָז֖וֹן	ḥā·zō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H2377 vision
from the LORD	מֵיְהוָֽה׃ס	Yah·weh	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

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Lamentations 2:8 2 Kings 21:13 · Isaiah 3:26 · Isaiah 34:11 · Jeremiah 14:2 · Amos 7:7–8 · Jeremiah 5:10

Lamentations 2:9 Ezekiel 7:26 · Hosea 3:4 · 2 Chronicles 15:3 · Nehemiah 1:3 · Psalm 74:9 · Micah 3:6–7 · Jeremiah 51:30 · Deuteronomy 28:36 · Amos 8:11–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.