Lamentations 2:8
in Lamentations 2The 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
KJV
The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
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This verse in Lamentations 2
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThe wall - The strength and security of the Jews. A line - Artificers used with lines not only to mark out places for building, but also for destruction, to direct them what to cut off; and such a line is here meant.
This site's exposition
The Lord hath cast off his altar
on Lamentations 2:7-9
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, and the enemy's shouting fills the house of the Lord as if it were itself a feast day, worship's own form used to mock the God once worshipped there. The city's defenses fail in the same breath as its worship, the wall made to lament, the gates sunk into the ground, and the exile of the monarchy is stated flatly, her king and her princes are among the Gentiles. The law is no more and the prophets find no vision from the Lord names a silence as much a judgment as the fallen walls, the ordinary channels of guidance shut along with the gates.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חָשַׁ֨ב | chashav | he has planned | H2803 → | |
| יְהוָ֤ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְהַשְׁחִית֙ | lehashchit | to destroy | H7843 → | 146 times |
| חוֹמַ֣ת | chomat | [the] wall of | H2346 → | 133 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| צִיּ֔וֹן | tziyon | Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| נָ֣טָה | natah | he has stretched out | H5186 → | |
| קָ֔ו | kav | a measuring-line | H6957 → | |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הֵשִׁ֥יב | heshiv | he has turned back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יָד֖וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ | mibalea' | from swallowing up | H1104 → | 49 times |
| וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־ | vaiyaavel- | and he has caused to mourn | H56 → | |
| חֵ֥ל | chel | rampart | H2426 → | |
| וְחוֹמָ֖ה | vechomah | and wall | H2346 → | 133 times |
| יַחְדָּ֥ו | yachdav | together | H3162 → | |
| אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃ ס | ʾumlalu | they have languished | H535 → |
חָשַׁ֨בhe has planned
chashavH2803 →
יְהוָ֤ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְהַשְׁחִית֙to destroy
lehashchitH7843 →146 times
חוֹמַ֣ת[the] wall of
chomatH2346 →133 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
צִיּ֔וֹןZion
tziyonH6726 →154 times
נָ֣טָהhe has stretched out
natahH5186 →
קָ֔וa measuring-line
kavH6957 →
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הֵשִׁ֥יבhe has turned back
heshivH7725 →1056 times
יָד֖וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
מִבַּלֵּ֑עַfrom swallowing up
mibalea'H1104 →49 times
וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־and he has caused to mourn
vaiyaavel-H56 →
חֵ֥לrampart
chelH2426 →
וְחוֹמָ֖הand wall
vechomahH2346 →133 times
יַחְדָּ֥וtogether
yachdavH3162 →
אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃ סthey have languished
ʾumlaluH535 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
it leads to
- Isaiah 3:26
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Jeremiah 8:21
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
- 1 Samuel 5:12
Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
- Isaiah 3:26
Through
2 Kings 21:13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping…
it leads to
- Amos 7:7–8
This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
- Isaiah 34:11
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb…
- Amos 7:7–8
Through
Isaiah 34:11The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 21:13
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping…
- Zephaniah 2:14
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie…
- 2 Kings 21:13
Through
Isaiah 3:26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 14:2
“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 14:2
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.