Lamentations 2:17-19
Common English Bible
17 The Lord did what he had planned. He accomplished the word
that he had commanded long ago. He ripped down, showing no compassion.
He made the enemy rejoice over you; he raised up your adversaries’ horn.
18 Cry out to my Lord from the heart,[a] you wall of Daughter Zion;
make your[b] tears run down like a flood all day and night.
Don’t relax at all; don’t rest your eyes a moment.
19 Get up and cry out at nighttime, at the start of the night shift; pour out your heart before my Lord like water.
Lift your hands up to him for the life of your children—
the ones who are fainting from hunger on every street corner.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:18 Correction; or their heart cried out to my Lord
- Lamentations 2:18 Heb lacks your.
Lamentations 2:17-19
New International Version
17 The Lord has done what he planned;
he has fulfilled(A) his word,
which he decreed long ago.(B)
He has overthrown you without pity,(C)
he has let the enemy gloat over you,(D)
he has exalted the horn[a] of your foes.(E)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.
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