Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor. New Living Translation Without mercy the Lord has destroyed every home in Israel. In his anger he has broken down the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He has brought them to the ground, dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers. English Standard Version The Lord has swallowed up without mercy all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers. Berean Standard Bible Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. King James Bible The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. New King James Version The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. New American Standard Bible The Lord has destroyed; He has not spared All the settlements of Jacob. In His wrath He has overthrown The strongholds of the daughter of Judah, He has hurled them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its leaders. NASB 1995 The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. NASB 1977 The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. Legacy Standard Bible The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has pulled down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. Amplified Bible The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the country places of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down The strongholds of the Daughter of Judah (Jerusalem). He has brought them down to the ground [in disgrace]; He has debased the kingdom and its princes. Christian Standard Bible Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In his wrath he has demolished the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He brought them to the ground and defiled the kingdom and its leaders. Holman Christian Standard Bible Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He brought them to the ground and defiled the kingdom and its leaders. American Standard Version The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Beth LORD JEHOVAH has drowned and has not pitied the whole sheepfold of Yaqob. He has cast down in his anger the fortress city of the house of Yehuda. He cast on the ground her slain, her Kings and her Princes Brenton Septuagint Translation BETH. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed her as in the sea, and not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strong-holds of the daughter of Juda; he has profaned her kings and her princes. Contemporary English Version The LORD had no mercy! He destroyed the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down every walled city in Judah; he toppled the nation together with its leaders, leaving them in shame. Douay-Rheims Bible Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof. English Revised Version The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof. GOD'S WORD® Translation The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob's pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom [of Judah] and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor. Good News Translation The Lord destroyed without mercy every village in Judah And tore down the forts that defended the land. He brought disgrace on the kingdom and its rulers. International Standard Version The Lord swallowed up without pity all of Jacob's habitations. In his wrath he tore down the strongholds of fair Judah. He cast to the ground in dishonor both her kingdom and its rulers. JPS Tanakh 1917 The Lord hath swallowed up unsparingly All the habitations of Jacob; He hath thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; He hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof. Literal Standard Version The Lord has swallowed up, | He has not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, | He has broken down in His wrath | The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, | He has caused to come to the earth, | He defiled the kingdom and its princes. Majority Standard Bible Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. New American Bible The Lord has devoured without pity all of Jacob’s dwellings; In his fury he has razed daughter Judah’s defenses, Has brought to the ground in dishonor a kingdom and its princes. NET Bible The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. New Revised Standard Version The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of daughter Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers. New Heart English Bible The LORD has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground; he has humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. Webster's Bible Translation The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and its princes. World English Bible The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. Young's Literal Translation Swallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken down in His wrath The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, He hath caused to come to the earth, He polluted the kingdom and its princes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Anger over Jerusalem1How 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. 2Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. 3In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.… Cross References Psalm 21:9 You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them. Psalm 74:7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. Psalm 89:39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. Psalm 89:40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble. Isaiah 22:5 For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision--of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains. Isaiah 25:12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust. Isaiah 26:5 For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust. Treasury of Scripture The LORD has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: he has thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought them down to the ground: he has polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. swallowed Lamentations 1:17,21 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them… Lamentations 3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. he hath thrown Lamentations 2:5,17 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation… Jeremiah 5:10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. Micah 5:11,12 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: … brought them down to Heb. Isaiah 25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. Isaiah 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. polluted Psalm 89:39,40 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground… Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. Isaiah 43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. Jump to Previous Broken Daughter Destroyed Dishonor Ground Habitations Holds Jacob Judah Kingdom Mercy Pitied Pity Polluted Princes Profaned Rulers Spared Strong Strongholds Swallowed Thereof Thrown Unsparingly WrathJump to Next Broken Daughter Destroyed Dishonor Ground Habitations Holds Jacob Judah Kingdom Mercy Pitied Pity Polluted Princes Profaned Rulers Spared Strong Strongholds Swallowed Thereof Thrown Unsparingly WrathLamentations 2 1. Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem20. He complains thereof to God (2) The habitations of Jacob . . .--The term is used primarily for the dwellings of shepherds, and it accordingly stands here for the open unwalled villages as contrasted with the fortified towns that are here mentioned. He hath polluted the kingdom.--See Psalm 89:39. The term involves the thought that it had been a consecrated thing. It had become unclean, first through the sins, and then through the defeat and degradation, of its rulers. Verse 2. - Habitations; rather, pastures; The word properly means the settlements of shepherds in green, grassy spots, but here designates the country parts in general, distinguished from the "strongholds" of Judah. Hath polluted. So Psalm 89:39, "Thou hast profaned [same word as here] his crown [by casting it] to the ground." The wearer of a crown was regarded in the East as nearer to divinity than ordinary mortals; in some countries, indeed, e.g. in Egypt, almost as an incarnation of the deity. To discrown him was to "pollute" or "profane" him.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Withoutוְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no pity חָמַ֗ל (ḥā·mal) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2550: To commiserate, to spare the Lord אֲדֹנָ֜י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord has swallowed up בִּלַּ֨ע (bil·la‘) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the dwellings נְא֣וֹת (nə·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4999: Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place of Jacob. יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc In His wrath בְּעֶבְרָת֛וֹ (bə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5678: Overflow, arrogance, fury He has demolished הָרַ֧ס (hā·ras) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy the fortified cities מִבְצְרֵ֥י (miḇ·ṣə·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender of the Daughter בַת־ (ḇaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1323: A daughter of Judah. יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites He brought הִגִּ֣יעַ (hig·gî·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike to the ground לָאָ֑רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and defiled חִלֵּ֥ל (ḥil·lêl) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play her kingdom מַמְלָכָ֖ה (mam·lā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign and its princes. וְשָׂרֶֽיהָ׃ (wə·śā·re·hā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince Links Lamentations 2:2 NIVLamentations 2:2 NLT Lamentations 2:2 ESV Lamentations 2:2 NASB Lamentations 2:2 KJV Lamentations 2:2 BibleApps.com Lamentations 2:2 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 2:2 Chinese Bible Lamentations 2:2 French Bible Lamentations 2:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 2:2 The Lord has swallowed up all (Lam. 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