Lamentations 2:3-5
New International Version - UK
3 In fierce anger he has cut off
every horn[a][b] of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand
at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything around it.
4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow;
his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
all who were pleasing to the eye;
he has poured out his wrath like fire
on the tent of Daughter Zion.
5 The Lord is like an enemy;
he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
and destroyed her strongholds.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
for Daughter Judah.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
- Lamentations 2:3 Horn here symbolises strength.
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