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The Lord has devoured; he has not shown mercy
    to all the dwellings of Jacob;
he has broken down in his wrath
    the fortifications of the daughter of Judah;
he has leveled to the ground, he has dishonored
    the kingdom and its commanders.[a]
He has cut down in fierce anger[b]
    all the might of Israel;
he has withdrawn his right hand
    from the faces of the enemy,
and he has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire,
    it has consumed all around.
He has bent his bow like an enemy;
    he has set his right hand
like a foe, and he has slain
    all the treasures of the eye;[c]
in the tent of the daughter of Zion,
    he has poured out his anger like fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:2 Or “her commanders”
  2. Lamentations 2:3 Literally “in a fierce nose”
  3. Lamentations 2:4 NRSV translates “all in whom we took pride”