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Lamentations 2:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

2 The Lord has devoured without pity
    all of Jacob’s dwellings;
In his fury he has razed
    daughter Judah’s defenses,
Has brought to the ground in dishonor
    a kingdom and its princes.

3 In blazing wrath, he cut down entirely
    the horn[a] of Israel;
He withdrew the support of his right hand
    when the enemy approached;
He burned against Jacob like a blazing fire
    that consumes everything in its path.

4 He bent his bow like an enemy;
    the arrow in his right hand
Like a foe, he killed
    all those held precious;
On the tent of daughter Zion
    he poured out his wrath like fire.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3 Horn: a symbol of power and strength; cf. v. 17; 1 Sm 2:1, 10; Ps 89:18, 25; 92:11; 112:9.
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Lamentations 2:2-4
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2 Without pity(A) the Lord has swallowed(B) up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds(C) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground(D) in dishonor.

3 In fierce anger he has cut off
    every horn[a][b](E) of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand(F)
    at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
    that consumes everything around it.(G)

4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(H)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;(I)
he has poured out his wrath(J) like fire(K)
    on the tent(L) of Daughter Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
  2. Lamentations 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.
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