Judgment on Jerusalem

א Alef

How the Lord has overshadowed
Daughter Zion with His anger!
He has thrown down Israel’s glory
from heaven to earth.
He has abandoned His footstool[a](A)
in the day of His anger.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:1 Either the ark of the covenant or the temple

ד Dalet

He has bent His bow like an enemy;(A)
His right hand is positioned like an adversary.
He has killed everyone who was loved,[a]
pouring out His wrath like fire
on the tent of Daughter Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:4 Lit killed all the delights of the eye; Ezk 24:16

ח Khet

The Lord determined to destroy
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line(A)
and did not restrain Himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.

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ת Tav

22 Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete;
He will not lengthen your exile.[a]
But He will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom,
and will expose your sins.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:22 Or not deport you again

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