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Lamentations 2:9

Her 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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ASV

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yea, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.

KJV

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
טָבְע֤וּta.ve.'Uthey have sunkH2883 →
בָאָ֙רֶץ֙va.'A.retzin the groundH776 →
שְׁעָרֶ֔יהָshe.'a.Rei.hagates itsH8179 →
אִבַּ֥ד'i.Badhe has destroyedH6 →
וְשִׁבַּ֖רve.shi.Barand he has brokenH7665 →
בְּרִיחֶ֑יהָbe.ri.Chei.habars itsH1280 →
מַלְכָּ֨הּmal.Kahking itsH4428 →
וְשָׂרֶ֤יהָve.sa.Rei.haand princes itsH8269 →
בַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.Yim[are] among the nationsH1471 →
אֵ֣ין'einthere notH369 →
תּוֹרָ֔הto.Rah[is] instructionH8451 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
נְבִיאֶ֕יהָne.vi.'Ei.haprophets itsH5030 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
מָצְא֥וּma.tze.'Uthey have foundH4672 →
חָז֖וֹןcha.Zona visionH2377 →
מֵיְהוָֽה׃ סme.Yah.wehfrom YahwehH3068 →

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1 Samuel 28:6He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.Ezekiel 7:26Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.Hosea 3:4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.Nehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”Micah 3:6–7Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.2 Chronicles 15:3For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.Amos 8:11–12Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.Amos 1:5I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.Nehemiah 2:3and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.Ezekiel 12:13But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.Jeremiah 52:14And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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