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2:0 The pegparusa of God of Yerusalem

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2 how he _covers _with _a _cloud in/on/at/with_anger_his my_master/master DOM the _daughter of _Tsiuōn he _has _thrown from_heaven earth the _splendor of _Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_not he _has _remembered the _footstool feet _of_his in/on_day anger_his.
2 he _has _swallowed _up my_master/master wwww[fn] he _has _spared DOM all the _settlements of _Yaˊaqov/(Jacob) he _has _torn _down in/on/at/with_severe _anger_his the _fortifications of _the _daughter of _Yəhūdāh he _has _made _[them]_touch to _the_ground he _has _profaned [the]_kingdom and_princes_its.
3 he _has _cut _off in/on/at/with_fierce[fn][fn][fn] of _anger every (the)_horn of _Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _has _turned _back backward right _hand_his from_face/in _front _of [the]_enemy and_burned in/on/at/with_Yaˊaqov/(Jacob) like_fire of _flame [which]_it _has _consumed all _around.
4 he _has _bent bow_his like_enemy [he _has]_taken _a _stand right _hand_his like_foe and_slain all [the]_desires of _eye in/on/at/with_tent of _the _daughter of _Tsiuōn he _has _poured _out like _THE_fire severe _anger_his.
5 he _has _become my_master/master like_enemy he _has _swallowed _up Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _has _swallowed _up all palaces_its he _has _ruined strongholds_its and_multiplied in/on/at/with_daughter of _Yəhūdāh mourning and_lamentation.
6 and_broken _down like _the_garden booth_his he _has _ruined place _of _meeting_his he _has _caused _to _be _forgotten Yahweh in/on/at/with_Tsiuōn appointed _feast and_sabbath and_despised in/on/at/with_indignation anger_his king and_priest.
7 he _has _rejected my_master/master altar_his he _has _repudiated sanctuary_his he _has _delivered _up in/on/at/with_hand of _an _enemy the _walls palaces_her voice people _have _given _forth in_house _of of _Yahweh as_day of _an _appointed _feast.
8 he _has _planned Yahweh to_destroy the _wall of _the _daughter of _Tsiuōn he _has _stretched _out a _measuring-line not he _has _turned _back his/its_hand from_destroying and_caused _tolament rampart and_wall together they _have _languished.
9 they _have _sunk in/on _the_earth gates_her he _has _destroyed and_broken bars_her king_her and_princes_her in/on/at/with_nations there _[is]_not instruction also prophets_her not they _have _found a _vision from_LORD.
10 they _sit on _the_ground they _are _silent the _elders of _the _daughter of _Tsiuōn they _have _caused _to _rise dust on heads_their they _have _girded _on sackcloth(s) they _have _brought _down to _the_ground heads_their the _virgins of _Yərūshālayim.
11 they _have _failed in/on/at/with_weeping eyes_my they _are _in _turmoil stomach_my it _has _been _poured _out on _the_ground heart_my on the _brokenness of _the _daughter people_my in/on/at/with_faint child and_infants in/on/at/with_streets of _a _town.
12 to_mothers_their they _say where [are]_grain and_wine in/on/at/with_faint_they like _the_wounded in/on/at/with_streets of _a _city in/on/at/with_poured _out life_their to the _bosom mothers’_their.
13 what say _for_you what will _I _liken to_you the_daughter of _Yərūshālayim what will _I _make _equal to_you and_comfort_you Oh _virgin of _the _daughter of _Tsiuōn DOM [is]_great as _as _the_sea ruin_your who will _he _heal to/for_you(fs).
14 prophets_your they _have _seen to/for_you(fs) worthlessness and_worthless and_not they _have _made _known on iniquity_your to_restore fortunes_your[fn] and_seen to/for_you(fs) oracles of _worthlessness and_misleading.
15 they _have _clapped at_you palms all [those _who]_pass _by of _[the]_road they _have _hissed and_shake heads_their on the _daughter of _Yərūshālayim this the_city that_called perfect of _beauty a _joy to/from_all/each/any/every the_earth/land.
16 they _have _opened against_you mouths_their all enemies_your they _have _hissed and_gnash a _tooth they _have _said we _have _swallowed _up surely this the_day which_waited _for_him we _have _found we _have _seen.
17 he _has _done Yahweh what he _planned he _has _fulfilled word_his which he _commanded from_days of _antiquity he _has _torn _down and_not he _has _spared and_gloat over_you an _enemy he _has _lifted _up the _horn foes_your.
18 it _has _cried _out heart_their to my_master/master Oh _wall of _the _daughter of _Tsiuōn send _down like _a_river tear[s] by _day and_night do _not give rest to/for_you(fs) not let _it _be _still the _daughter eyes_your.
19 arise cry _out in/on/at/with_night[fn] at_beginning of _[the]_night-watches pour _out like _the_water heart_your in _front _of the _presence my_master/master lift _up to_him/it hands_your on the _life children_your the_faint in/on/at/with_hunger in/on/at/with_head of _all [the]_streets.
20 see Oh _Yahweh and_consider with_whom have _you _dealt _severely thus (if) will _they _eat women offspring_their children of _health(s) or will _he _be _killed in/on/at/with_sanctuary my_master/master priest and_prophet.
21 they _have _lain _down on _the_ground streets youth and_old young _women_my and_young _men_my they _have _fallen in/on/at/with_sword you _have _killed in/on_day anger_your you _have _slaughtered not you _have _spared.
22 you _have _summoned as _if_day of _an _appointed _feast terrors_my on_every _side and_not he _was in/on_day of _the _anger of _Yahweh an _escapee and_survived [those]_whom I _had _given _birth and_reared enemy_my destroyed_them.

2:2 Variant note: לא: (x-qere) ’וְ/לֹ֣א’: lemma_c/3808 morph_HC/Tn id_25rGa וְ/לֹ֣א

2:3 Note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

2:3 Note: Marks an anomalous form.

2:3 Note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

2:14 Variant note: שבית/ך: (x-qere) ’שְׁבוּתֵ֑/ךְ’: lemma_7622 n_1 morph_HNcfsc/Sp2fs id_25g5u שְׁבוּתֵ֑/ךְ

2:19 Variant note: ב/ליל: (x-qere) ’בַ/לַּ֗יְלָה’: lemma_b/3915 n_1.2.1 morph_HRd/Ncmsa id_25BYg בַ/לַּ֗יְלָה

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Lamentations 2/The pegparusa of God of Yerusalem

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OET by section LAM 2:1

Lamentations 2/The pegparusa of God of Yerusalem

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