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He plowed under his Temple[a] like a garden,
    spoiling his tent.
The Lord abolished in Zion
    both festivals and Sabbaths.
In his fierce wrath he despised
    both king and priest.

The Lord rejected his altar,
    disavowing his sanctuary.
He gave up her palace walls
    to the control of the enemy.
They shouted in the Lord’s Temple,
    as though they were attending a day of celebration.

The Lord planned to destroy
    the walls of cherished[b] Zion.
He measured them with his line.
    He did not withhold his hand from destruction.
He made both ramparts and defensive walls mourn;
    they languish together.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:6 Lit. tent
  2. Lamentations 2:8 Lit. of the daughter of

He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed(A) his place of meeting.(B)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(C)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.(D)

The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his sanctuary.(E)
He has given the walls of her palaces(F)
    into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of an appointed festival.(G)

The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(H)
He stretched out a measuring line(I)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(J) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(K)

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